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A Preliminary Checklist of the Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Ecuador

  • 1. Laboratorio de Entomología, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador & Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Sección invertebrados, Quito, Ecuador
  • 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Balboa, Panama
  • 3. Laboratorio de Entomología, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Padrón, Pablo S., Roubik, David W., Picón, Ruben P. (2018): A Preliminary Checklist of the Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Ecuador. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (2678632) 2018: 1-14, DOI: 10.1155/2018/2678632, URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2678632

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