Can venom volatiles be a taxonomic tool for Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)?

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-205

  Bruschini, C ^a   Cervo, R ^a   Dani, F R ^a   Turillazzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Polistes; Venom volatiles; Wasps

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VENOM; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTES GALLICUS; POLISTES NIMPHUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 34447629936     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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