Nesting and social behavior of a wood-dwelling neotropical bee, Augochlora isthmii (Schwarz), and notes on a new species, A. alexanderi Engel (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 588-602

  Wcislo, William T ^a   Gonzalez, Victor H ^a   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Augochlora; Halictidae; Nesting biology; Social behavior; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BEE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEW SPECIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

PANAMA;

APOIDEA; AUGOCHLORA; COCCOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0344873315     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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