Oocytes, larvae, and cleptoparasitic behavior of Biastes emarginatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae: Biastini)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3667, 2009, Pages

  Rozen Jr , Jerome G ^a   Straka, Jakub ^b   Rezkova, Katerina ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 77749322240     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/670.1     Document Type: Article

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