Establishment of the neotropical orchid bee Euglossa viridissima (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-227

  Skov, Charlotte ^a   Wiley, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 22444437451     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0225:EOTNOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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