Biology and morphology of the immature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee coelioxys chichimeca (hymenoptera: Apoidea: megachilidae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3679, 2010, Pages

  Rozen Jr , Jerome G ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^b   Coville, Rollin ^c   Frankie, Gordon ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77949398330     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/697.1     Document Type: Article

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