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Nesting and Developmental Biology of the Cleptoparasitic Bee Stelis ater (Anthidiini) and Its Host, Osmia chalybea (Osmiini) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

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Rozen, Jerome G., Hall, H. Glenn (2011): Nesting and Developmental Biology of the Cleptoparasitic Bee Stelis ater (Anthidiini) and Its Host, Osmia chalybea (Osmiini) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). American Museum Novitates 2011 (3707): 1-40, DOI: 10.1206/3707.2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3707.2

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