Morphometric study in Schwarziana quadripunctata with emphasis on virgin queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-108

  Nogueira Ferreira, Fernanda H ^a   Baio, Mario V ^a   Noll, Fernando B ^a   Tidon Sklorz, Rosana ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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