Zoogeographical aspects of some scutacarid mites and their phoresy hosts (Acari, Heterostigmata; Hymenoptera, Aculeata)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Hall, Manfred ^a   Ebermann, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acari; Imparipes; Phoresy; Scutacaridae; Sphecidae; Sporothecae; Wild bees; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACULEATA; APOIDEA; HETEROSTIGMATA; HYMENOPTERA; IMPARIPES; IMPARIPES APICOLA; IMPARIPES HAESELERI; SCUTACARIDAE; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 17444397725     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80296     Document Type: Article

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