Colony membership, division of labor, and genetic relatedness among females of colonies of Eustenogaster fraterna (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Stenogastrinae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-170

  Francescato, Elisabetta ^a   Massolo, Alessandro ^b   Landi, Monica ^c   Gerace, Letizia ^a   Hashim, Rosli ^d   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eustenogaster; Relatedness; Social organization; Stenogastrinae

Indexed keywords

EUSTENOGASTER; EUSTENOGASTER FRATERNA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; STENOGASTRINAE; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036273585     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015489532040     Document Type: Article

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