The flower-visiting social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in two areas of Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-274

  Hermes, Marcel G ^a,b   Köhler, Andreas ^a  

^a Laboratório de Entomologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araucaria Forest; Asteraceae; Atlantic Forest; Floral preferences; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33748449246     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262006000200008     Document Type: Article

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