Ovaries, ovarioles, and oocytes in apoid wasps, with special reference to cleptoparasitic species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: "Sphecidae")

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Ohl, Michael ^a   Linde, Daniela ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoid wasps; Morphology; Oocytes; Ovaries; Ovarioles; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WASP;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0038702072     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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