Functional and evolutionary aspects of mouthpart structure in parasitoid wasps

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-493

  Jervis, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEEDING MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUTHPART; PARASITOID WASP; SPECIALIZATION;

ACULEATA; APIDAE; APOCRITA; BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; CHRYSIDIDAE; CYNIPOIDEA; EUCHARITIDAE; EVANIOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; LEUCOSPIDAE; MEGALYROIDEA; MUTILLIDAE; ORUSSOIDEA; PARNOPINAE; PERILAMPIDAE; POMPILIDAE; PROCTOTRUPOIDEA; PTEROMALIDAE; SCOLIIDAE; SPHECIDAE; STEPHANOIDEA; SYMPHYTA; TRIGONALOIDEA; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 0031833165     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0206     Document Type: Article

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