Reproductive and worker castes in the primitively eusocial wasp Belonogaster petiolata (DeGeer) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): Evidence for pre-imaginal differentiation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 867-879

  Keeping, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Morphology; Polistinae; Reproductive physiology; Social wasp

Indexed keywords

WASP;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY SIZE; DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX; WASP;

BELONOGASTER; BELONOGASTER PETIOLATA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036746673     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00156-7     Document Type: Article

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