Social wasps and bees captured in carrion traps in a rainforest in Brazil

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Silveira, Orlando Tobias ^a,d   Esposito, Maria Cristina ^b   Dos Santos Jr , José Nazareno ^b   Gemaque Jr , Francisco Espíndola ^c  

^a Museu Paraense Emília Goeldi   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Hymenoptera; Necrophagy; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

AGELAIA; AGELAIA PALLIPES; ANGIOPOLYBIA; ANGIOPOLYBIA PALLENS; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; PARTAMONA; TRIGONA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33744541920     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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