An annotated list of bees (hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformis) of Sri Lanka

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-158

  Wijesekara, Anura ^a  

^a Hort Devmt and Research Institute   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Apidae; Apoidea; Colletidae; Halictidae; Hymenoptera; Megachilidae; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008950122     PISSN: 00407496     EISSN: 22119434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22119434-99900063     Document Type: Review

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