Molecular and chemical characters to evaluate species status of two cuckoo bumblebees: Bombus barbutellus and Bombus maxillosus (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-469

  Lecocq, Thomas ^a   Lhomme, Patrick ^a   Michez, Denis ^a   Dellicour, Simon ^b   Valterová, Irena ^c   Rasmont, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSPECIFIC; DATA SET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEX PHEROMONE; TAXONOMY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS BARBUTELLUS; BOMBUS MAXILLOSUS; HYMENOPTERA; PSITHYRUS;

EID: 79959709510     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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