Artificial maturation of female alates for the purpose of the production of only male Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Mir, Bashir ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^b   Piedrahita, Jorge A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0042284698     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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