Comparative morphology of the venom gland and reservoir in opiine and alysiine braconid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-50

  Quicke, Donald L J ^a   Van Achterberg, Kees ^b   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; WASP;

EID: 0030667085     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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