The first records of Bycrea villosa Pascoe (Coleoptera: Tenebriomdae) in the United States, Central America and Colombia and notes on its association with leaf-cutting ants

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-334

  Steiner Jr , Warren E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; NEST; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; REFUGE;

ARIZONA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ATTA; ATTA MEXICANA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 33746520609     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/619     Document Type: Article

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