Morphology and ultrastructure of the metatibial gland in the army ant dorylus molestus (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-166

  Billen, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Dorylinae; Exocrine glands; Scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012637489     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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