First host record for the cleptoparasitic bee Rhathymus friesei Ducke (Hymenoptera, Apidae) Primeiro registro de hospedeiro para a abelha cleptoparasita Rhathymus friesei (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
The genus Rhathymus contains only obligatory cleptoparasitic species whose hosts belong to the genus Epicharis (Apidae, Centridini). Host information is available for only four of the 20 species of Rhathymus. In this note a new host record is added, in which the parasitism by R. friesei on nests of...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000400021 |