Hospicidal behavior of the cleptoparasitic bee Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix, including descriptions of its larval instars (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3636, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Rozen Jr , Jerome G ^a   Kamel, Soliman M ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

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EID: 59349084030     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/619.1     Document Type: Article

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