Temporal polyethism and survivorship of workers of Agelaia pallipes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 377-387

  Nascimento, Fábio S ^a   Simões, Dércio ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agelaia pallipes; Epiponini; Polistinae; Polyethism; Worker life span

Indexed keywords

AGELAIA; AGELAIA PALLIPES; EPIPONINI; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 16244421747     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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