Some wing-padded larvae of Pseudoregma bambucicola (Homoptera: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae) overwinter and develop into virginoparae

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 459-464

  Shibao, Harunobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal phenotype; Eusocial aphid; Phylogenic constraint; Pseudoregma bambucicola; Soldier

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HORMAPHIDINAE; PSEUDOREGMA BAMBUCICOLA;

EID: 0031536638     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.459     Document Type: Article

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