Body size and shape of the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-42

  Skandalis, Dimitri A ^a   Tattersall, Glenn J ^a   Prager, Sean ^a   Richards, Miriam H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Morphometry; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CANADA; MARYLAND; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPA (GENUS); XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 77749314930     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES711.05.1     Document Type: Article

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