The eyeless inquiline genera Parabystus and Scotocryptus of Costa Rica and Panama; inhabitants of nests of stingless bees (Coleptera: Leiodidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-80

  Peck, Stewart B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INQUILINUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEIODIDAE; LEIODINAE; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 0038407402     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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