A comparative study on the biology of Macropis fulvipes (Fabricius, 1804) and Macropis europaea Warncke, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Celary, Waldemar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Biology; Hymenoptera; Macropis europaea; Macropis fulvipes

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST; HYMENOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPIS EUROPAEA; MACROPIS FULVIPES; MELLITIDAE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; POLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROPIS; MACROPIS EUROPAEA; MELITTIDAE; MELLITIDAE;

EID: 3142677979     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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