Two new halictine bees in Miocene amber from the Dominican republic (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-12

  Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Anthophila; Apoidea; Dominican republic; Halictinae; Paleontology; Taxonomy; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; AUGOCHLORINI; CARINAE; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77951122503     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.29.257     Document Type: Article

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