Visitation of orchid by Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo (Hymenoptera: Apidae), bee threatened with extinction;Visitação de orquídea por Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo (Hymenoptera: Apidae), abelha ameaçada de extinção

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 609-611

  Resende, Helder C ^a   De Barros, Fábio ^b   Campos, Lúcio A O ^a   Fernandes Salomão, Tânia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Maxillariinae; Meliponini; Orquidaceae; Pollinia; Stingless

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; ORCHIDACEAE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORCHIDACEAE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MAXILLARIA; MAXILLARIINAE; MELIPONA CAPIXABA; MELIPONINAE; ORCHIDACEAE; XYLOBIUM;

EID: 57349175954     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2008000500019     Document Type: Article

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