Observations on the nesting biology of three brazilian centridine bees: Melanocentris dorsata (lepeletier 1841), ptilotopus sponsa (smith 1854) and epicharitides obscura (friese 1899) (hymenoptera anthophoridae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 153-163

  Laroca, S ^a   Reynaud dos Santos, D T ^a   Schwartz Filho, D L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthophoridae; Behaviour; Brazil; Centridinae; Nesting biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952095292     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1993.10539216     Document Type: Article

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