Behavior and morphology of monomorphic soldiers from the aphid genus Pseudoregma (Cerataphidini, Hormaphididae): Implications for the evolution of morphological castes in social aphids

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-392

  Stern, D L ^a   Whitfield, J A ^a   Foster, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castes; Dimorphism; Morphometrics; Soldier aphids

Indexed keywords

APHID; CASTE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR; MORPHOLOGICAL CASTE; SOLDIER;

HOMOPTERA; HORMAPHIDIDAE; PSEUDOREGMA; PSEUDOREGMA BAMBUCICOLA;

EID: 0031451644     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050059     Document Type: Article

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