An Early Eocene bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Quilchena, British Columbia

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Archibald, S Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; EOCENE; FOSSIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUILCHENA;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTUS SAVENYEI; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037248982     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n02-030     Document Type: Article

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