Two new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with cellophane bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in Chile

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 341-345

  Boesi, Roberto ^a   Polidori, Carlo ^a   Disney, R Henry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colletidae; Megaselia boesii sp. nov.; Megaselia polidorii sp. nov.; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; COLLETES; COLLETIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 33846406893     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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