Predation of soil-nesting Centris muralis (Insecta: Apidae) by armadillos (Zaedyus pichiy) (Mammalia: Cingulata) in La Rioja province, Northwestern Argentina

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-183

  Sarzetti, Laura C ^a   Genise, Jorge F ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

armadillo; Centris muralis; predation; solitary bees; Zaedyus pichiy

Indexed keywords

BEE; NEST SITE; PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; LA RIOJA [LA RIOJA (PRV)];

EID: 82655183689     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES100412.1     Document Type: Article

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