Do the parasitic Psithyrus resemble their host bumblebees in colour pattern?

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-649

  Williams, Paul H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumblebee; Colour pattern; Cuckoo bee; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

BEE; COEXISTENCE; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; MIMICRY; PARASITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; NOMADINAE; PSITHYRUS;

EID: 58149117600     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008048     Document Type: Article

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