Resource utilization by Centris flavofasciata Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Jalisco, Mexico

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Quiroz Garcia, David Leonor ^a   Arreguin Sánchez, Maria de la Luz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Centris; Floral resources; Hymenoptera; Mexico; Pollen; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGE; POLLEN;

JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BIGNONIACEAE; CENTRIS; CENTRIS FLAVOFASCIATA; FABACEAE; FLACOURTIACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; LONCHOCARPUS GUATEMALENSIS; PROCKIA CRUCIS; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 33748164458     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0502.15.1     Document Type: Article

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