Flexible ovipositor sheaths in parasitoid Hymenoptera (Insecta)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 277-287

  Vilhelmsen, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apocrita; Evolution of parasitism; Fossils; Functional anatomy

Indexed keywords

APOCRITA; ARTICLE; AULACIDAE; BRACONIDAE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYMENOPTERA; JURASSIC; MEGALYRIDAE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIPOSITOR SHEATH; PARASITISM; STEPHANIDAE; WASP;

APOCRITA; AULACIDAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; MEGALYRIDAE; STEPHANIDAE; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0141995815     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(03)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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