Facultative social parasitism in the allodapine bee Macrogalea berentyensis

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Smith, Jaclyn A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapine bee; Facultative social parasitism; Macrogalea

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MACROGALEA; MACROGALEA ANTANOSY;

EID: 41849123489     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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