Notes on the spermatheca of vespidae and sphecidae (Hymenoptera)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Martins, Gustavo Ferreira ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^b,c   Furieri, Karina Schmidt ^a  

^a Departamento de Biologia Animal

^b Departamento de Biologia Geral   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Morphology; Reproductive system; Spermatheca; Sphecidae; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

APOICA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MICROSTIGMUS; MICROSTIGMUS BRASILIENSIS; MISCHOCYTTARUS; POLISTES VERSICOLOR; SCELIPHRON; SPHECIDAE; TRYPOXYLON; VESPIDAE;

EID: 13944284569     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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