Morphological specializations of the digestive tract of Zacryptocerus rohweri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-262

  Roche, Robin K ^a   Wheeler, Diana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0030775371     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199712)234:3<253::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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