A molecular method for associating the dimorphic sexes of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-230

  Pilgrim, Erik M ^a   Pitts, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dasymutilla; Internal transcribed spacer; Pseudomethoca; Sex association; Sphaeropthalma; Sphaeropthalminae

Indexed keywords

ANT; DNA; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MUTILLIDAE;

EID: 33748134739     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0511.09.1     Document Type: Article

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