Mating structure and male production in the giant hornet Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Takahashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Akimoto, Shin'ichi ^b   Martin, Stephen J ^c   Tamukae, Masato ^d   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^b  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Komatsubara High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mating number; Microsatellites; Relatedness; Vespa mandarinia; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; VESPA MANDARINIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 4143122232     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.343     Document Type: Article

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