Searching for a manageable pollinator for acerola orchards: The solitary oil-collecting bee Centris analis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Oliveira, Reisla ^a   Schlindwein, Clemens ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centris analis; Crop pollination; Larval diet; Malpighia emarginata

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CENTRIDINI; CENTRIS; CENTRIS ANALIS; HYMENOPTERA; MALPIGHIA EMARGINATA; MALPIGHIACEAE;

EID: 60749093284     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0136     Document Type: Article

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