Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-42

  Brown, Brian V ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Meliponini; Neotropical; Parasitoid; Phylogeny; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BASELLA; DIPTERA; LOBATA; MELALONCHA; MELIPONINAE; METOPININAE; PAXILLA; PHALACROTOPHORA; PHORIDAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 0942269753     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00086.x     Document Type: Review

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