Antennal glands in queen and worker of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren: First report in female social Aculeata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Isidoro, N ^a   Romani, R ^a   Velasquez, D ^b   Renthal, R ^b   Bin, F ^a   Vinson, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal glands; Behavioral chemicals; Functional anatomy; Imported fire ant; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANT;

ACULEATA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TEREBRANTIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033780013     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001709     Document Type: Article

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