Molecular identification of species of the genus Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 712-720

  López Uribe, Margarita M ^a,b   Del Lama, Marco A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Orchid bee; PCR RFLP; Thevetia peruviana; Urban area

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOCYNACEAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSA CORDATA; EUGLOSSA TOWNSENDI; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA; THEVETIA; THEVETIA PERUVIANA;

EID: 37349125176     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000500012     Document Type: Article

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