Males of the orchid bee Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as important vectors of the cleptoparasitic beetle Meloetyphlus fuscatus (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0044-8435,1297-9678
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0322-1