Last larval instar and mature oocytes of the old world cleptoparasitic bee Stelis murina, including a review of Stelis biology (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Megachilinae: Anthidiini)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3666, 2009, Pages

  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: 77749299012     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/660.1     Document Type: Article

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