Nest and provisioning biology of the Bee Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with a description of a new Holcopasites species (Hymenoptera: Apidae), its probable nest parasite

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-216

  Neff, John L ^a  

^a Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammobatoidini; Bee; Nest biology; Nest parasite; Panurgini; Provisioning rate

Indexed keywords

BEE; FOOD PROVISIONING; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

AMMOBATOIDINI; ANDRENIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HOLCOPASITES; HYMENOPTERA; PANURGINI;

EID: 0037688079     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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