Satellite flies (Leucophora personata, Diptera: Anthomyiidae) and other dipteran parasites of the communal bee Andrena agilissima (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) on the island of Elba, Italy

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 2745-2758

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Scanni, Benedetta ^a   Scamoni, Elena ^a   Giovanetti, Manuela ^a   Andrietti, Francesco ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andrena agilissima; Diptera; Hymenoptera; Parasites; Phenology

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

ANDRENA (GENUS); ANDRENA (SUBGENUS); ANDRENA AGILISSIMA; ANDRENIDAE; ANTHOMYIIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBYLIIDAE; BOMBYLIUS; CONOPIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOPHORA; MEGASELIA (GENUS); MEGASELIA (SUBGENUS); PHORIDAE; SARCOPHAGIDAE; ZODION;

EID: 23744488586     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500114210     Document Type: Article

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