Class III glands in the abdomen of Meliponini

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-174

  Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a,b   Abdalla, Fábio Camargo ^a   Gracioli Vitti, Luciana Fioretti ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histology; Male; Queen; Stingless bee; Tergal gland; Ultrastructure; Worker

Indexed keywords

BEE; HISTOLOGY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

MELIPONINAE;

EID: 33745831191     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006024     Document Type: Article

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