Oil collecting bees mostly of the summer rainfall area of Southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Rediviva)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-141

  Whitehead, V B ^a   Steiner, K E ^b   Eardley, C D ^c  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lesotho; Oil collecting bees; Pollinator; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BEE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW SPECIES; OIL; POLLINATOR; RAINFALL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTIDAE; REDIVIVA; RHODOSOMA;

EID: 67650464386     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES-703.12.1     Document Type: Article

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