Advances in insect preparation: bleaching, clearing and relaxing ants (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-21

  Stuben, Marcus ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barber's fluid; Ethanol preservation; Hydrogen peroxide; Lactic acid; Proteolytic enzymes; Transparent ants.

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 62349085821     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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