Fluorescent colors in orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae);Cores Fluorescentes em euglossinas (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 933-936

  Nemésio, André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eulaema bombiformis; Eulaema niveofasciata; Ultra violet light

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI; EULAEMA; EULAEMA BOMBIFORMIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 41449094669     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000600009     Document Type: Article

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