Morphology and developmental plasticity of reproductive females in Myrmecina nipponica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 577-582

  Murakami, Takahiro ^a   Ohkawara, Kyosuke ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Ergatoid; Intercaste; Intermorphic queen; Myrmecina nipponica

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECINA; MYRMECINA NIPPONICA;

EID: 0036758281     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0577:MADPOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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