The proboscis of the long-tongued Ancyloscelis bees (Anthophoridae/Apoidea), with remarks on flower visits and pollen collecting with the mouthparts

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-288

  Alves Dos Santos, Isabel ^a   Wittmann, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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