Comparative study of the metatibial gland in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 157-167

  Hölldobler, Bert ^a   Obermayer, Malu ^a   Peeters, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCONDYLA; PONERINI;

EID: 1842455647     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02527156     Document Type: Article

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