Shape differences rather than size differences between castes in the Neotropical swarm-founding wasp Metapolybia docilis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Baio, Mário V ^a   Noll, Fernando B ^a,b   Zucchi, Ronaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPONINI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; METAPOLYBIA; METAPOLYBIA DOCILIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2942588981     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-3-10     Document Type: Article

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