Molecular sex associations of three species of nocturnal velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-145

  Pitts, James P ^a   Boud, Travis J ^b   Pilgrim, Erik M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS1; ITS2; Solitary wasp; Sphaeropthalminae

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MALE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WASP;

CACHE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; MUTILLIDAE; NANULA; ODONTOPHOTOPSIS; SPHAEROPTHALMA; SPHAEROPTHALMINAE;

EID: 34249794583     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[136:MSAOTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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