Functional morphology of the ovipositor in Megarhyssa atrata (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) and its penetration into wood

Zoomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Le Lannic, Joseph ^a   Nénon, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MEGARHYSSA; MEGARHYSSA ATRATA; PIMPLINAE; SIRICIDAE; SYMPHYTA; TREMEX COLUMBA;

EID: 0040320477     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050082     Document Type: Article

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