Notes on the egg and egg deposition of the cleptoparasite Thyreus ramosus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Melectini)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-40

  Rozen Jr , Jerome G ^a   Özbek, Hikmet ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthophora (Dasymegilla) muscaria; Bee eggs mature oocytes; Cleptoparasitism; Melectini; Oviposition behavior; Thyreus ramosus

Indexed keywords

EGG; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE;

ANTHOPHORA; ANTHOPHORA MUSCARIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELECTINI; THYREUS RAMOSUS;

EID: 13644268715     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0401.06.1     Document Type: Article

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