Morpho-functional comparison of the Dufour gland in the female castes of the Amazon ant Polyergus rufescens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Grasso, Donato A ^a   Mori, Alessandra ^a   Le Moli, Francesco ^a   Billen, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dufour gland morphology; Ergatogyne; Polyergus rufescens; Queen; Worker

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 24644514787     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-005-0003-8     Document Type: Article

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