Interspecific variation in immature larvae of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-358

  Rozen Jr , Jerome G ^a   Kamel, Soliman M ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

C. octodentata; C. sayi; Cleptoparasitism; Coelioxys decipiens; Larval instars

Indexed keywords

BEE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVA;

APOIDEA; COELIOXYS; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 33750975909     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0603.28.1     Document Type: Article

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