Genetical and morphological colony structure of the Australian swarm-founding polistine wasp, Ropalidia romandi (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-116

  Tsuchida, K ^a   Ito Y ^b,c   Katada, S ^d   Kojima, J ^e  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okinawa University   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan University ^*  (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Queen number; Relatedness; Ropalidia romandi; Swarm founding; Wasps

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; EGG PRODUCTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; QUEEN; RELATEDNESS;

HYMENOPTERA; ROPALIDIA ROMANDI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034095547     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001688     Document Type: Article

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