Epicuticular lipids and fertility in primitively social wasps (Hymenoptera Stenogastrinae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Turillazzi, S ^a   Sledge, M F ^a   Dapporto, L ^a   Landi, M ^a   Fanelli, D ^a   Fondelli, L ^a   Zanetti, P ^a   Dani, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Epicuticular lipids; Fertility; Social wasps; Stenogastrinae

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; FERTILITY; LIPID; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; STENOGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 10344242981     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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