Labial gland marking secretion in males of two Scandinavian cuckoo bumblebee species (genus Psithyvus)

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 140-145

  Bergman, Peter ^a   Bergström, Gunnar ^a   Appelgren, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apidae; GC MS; Hymenoptera; Labial gland secretion; Marking pheromone; Premating behaviour; Psithyrus bohemicus; Psithyrus vestalis; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005199857     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01245966     Document Type: Article

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