Morphological caste differences in the neotropical swarm-founding polistine wasp, Brachygastra lecheguana (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)

Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-52

  Shima, Sulene N ^a   Noll, Fernando B ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachygastra lecheguana; Caste differences; Multivariate analysis; Polistinae; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034335808     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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