Biology and behavior of a seasonally aquatic bee, Perdita (Alloperdita) floridensis Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-249

  Norden, Beth B ^a   Krombein, Karl V ^a   Deyrup, Mark A ^b   Edirisinghe, Jayanthi P ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Andrenidae; Bees; Florida; Ilex; Perdita; Submerged nests

Indexed keywords

BEE; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ALGAE; ANDRENIDAE; APOIDEA; ASILIDAE; BRACHYCEPHALUS; DASYMUTILLA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ILEX; ILEX GLABRA; MUTILLIDAE; NEMATODA; PANURGINAE; PERDITA; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX BADIUS; SPHECODES;

EID: 0038702427     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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