Non-allometric queen-worker dimorphism in Pseudopolybia difficilis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 370-374

  Jeanne, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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