Ultrastructural study of the metamorphosis in the midgut of Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides (Apidae, Meliponini) worker

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 443-459

  Neves, Clóvis Andrade ^a   De Brito Gitirana, Lycia ^b   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Metamorphosis; Midgut; Stingless bees; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 0037289165     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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