Morphology and structure of the tarsal glands of the stingless bee Melipona seminigra

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-150

  Jarau, Stefan ^a   Hrncir, Michael ^b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^c   Barth, Friedrich G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; LEG; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MELIPONA SEMINIGRA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE;

EID: 16844384256     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0601-1     Document Type: Article

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