Description, comparison and identification of nests of cavity-nesting centris bees (hymenoptera: Apidae: centridini) in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-46

  Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a   Frankie, Gordon ^b   Cônsoli, Renata ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEST STRUCTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TAXONOMY;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CENTRIDINI; CENTRIS; CENTRIS ANALIS; CENTRIS NITIDA; CENTRIS TRIGONOIDES; CENTRIS VITTATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77951028189     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES0808.20.1     Document Type: Article

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