Caste differences and related bionomic aspects of Chartergellus communis, a neotropical swarm-founding polistine wasp (hymenoptera: vespidae: polistinae: epiponini)

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-405

  Mateus, Sidnei ^a   Noll, Fernando Barbosa ^a   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caste differences; Chartergellus communis; Colonial cycle; Epiponini; Polistinae; Wasp productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037490315     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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