A 'social' gland in a solitary wasp? The postpharyngeal gland of female European beewolves (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Strohm, Erhard ^a,b   Herzner, Gudrun ^a,b   Goettler, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crabronidae; Exocrine gland; Formicidae; Philanthus triangulum; Postpharyngeal gland; Sphecidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHARYNX; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAXON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASP;

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

EID: 34249332720     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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