Persistent size and behavioral variation among males of the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-232

  Barthell, John F ^a   Reidenbaugh, R Tyler ^a,b   Griffith, Justin L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPA (GENUS); XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 33750353493     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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