Soldier-like intercastes in the rotten-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 583-588

  Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Tadao ^a   Miura, Toru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Gonad; Morphometry; Reproductive soldier; Soldier neotenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GONADS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; HODOTERMOPSIS; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 3042591866     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.583     Document Type: Article

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