Males of a solitary wasp possess a postpharyngeal gland

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-133

  Herzner, Gudrun ^a,b   Goettler, Wolfgang ^b   Kroiss, Johannes ^b   Purea, Armin ^a   Webb, Andrew G ^c   Jakob, Peter M ^a   Rössler, Wolfgang ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crabronidae; NMR imaging; Philanthus; Postpharyngeal gland; Sex pheromone; Sphecidae

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHARYNX; WASP;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

CRABRONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; PHILANTHUS; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM; SPHECIDAE;

EID: 34249329569     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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