Unique nest architecture in the North African osmiine bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) mucida (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
The osmiine bee species Hoplitis mucida is considered to consist of two subspecies with H. mucida mucida (Dours, 1873) ranging from northwestern Africa to Israel and Jordan and H. mucida stecki (Frey-Gessner, 1908) occurring in southwestern Europe and Sicily. The discovery of nests of H. mucida in M...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2017-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
Online Access: | https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=20218 |