Nest Architecture as an Aid in Halictine Taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

1 December 1966

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 98 (12) , 1337-1339
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent981337-12

Abstract

A study of halictine nests in a habitat near Toronto leads to the discovery of an undescribed species of the genus Dialictus that shares morphological resemblances with Dialictus rohweri (Ellis) and architectural similarities with Augochlorella striata (Provancher).

Keywords

ARCHITECTURE
HALICTINE
HABITAT
HALICTIDAE
GENUS
PROVANCHER
MORPHOLOGICAL
AUGOCHLORELLA
ROHWERI
TORONTO

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