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Observations on the nesting biology of three Brazilian centridine bees: Melanocentris dorsata (Lepeletier 1841), Ptilotopus sponsa (Smith 1854) and Epicharitides obscura (Friese 1899) (Hymenoptera Anthophoridae)

S. Laroca Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, 81531, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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D. T. Reynaud dos Santos Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, 81531, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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D. L. Schwartz Filho Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, 81531, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Pages 153-163 | Received 02 Apr 1992, Accepted 22 Oct 1992, Published online: 01 Aug 2012

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