Bees visiting squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret) in southwestern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
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https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i18.4582Keywords:
Apoidea, Anthophila, Apidae, Halictidae, CucurbitaAbstract
This note records for the first time 12 bee species belonging to eight genera of Apidae and Halictidae as visitors of cultivated squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret: Cucurbitaceae) in the municipality of El Patía, Department of Cauca, southwestern Colombia. Two further bee species are also recorded from a crop visited in the Department of Huila.Metrics
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