Association of the scuttle fly Megaselia leucozona Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) with sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), with a description of the male fly

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 144-150

  Polidori, Carlo ^a   Disney, R Henry L ^b   Boesi, Roberto ^c   Andrietti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; DIPTERA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS SCABIOSAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM; LEUCOZONA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 26444495645     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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