The exotic bee Halictus smaragdulus Vachal, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales: A new genus in Australia

Australian Entomologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Gollan, John R ^a,b   Batley, Michael ^a,c   Reid, Chris A M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; GALENIA PUBESCENS; HALICTIDAE; HALICTUS SMARAGDULUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 41649115203     PISSN: 13206133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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