Caste allometries in the soldier-producing aphid Pseudoregma alexanderi (Hormaphididae: Aphidoidea)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-147

  Stern, D L ^a,b,d   Moon, A ^a,c   Martinez Del Rio, C ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Castes; Morphometrics; Soldier aphids

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HORMAPHIDIDAE; INSECTA; PSEUDOREGMA ALEXANDERI;

EID: 0345249168     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01242566     Document Type: Article

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