The reliability of morphological traits in the differentiation of Bombus terrestris and B. lucorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Wolf, Stephan ^a   Rohde, Mandy ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Identification; Morphology; MtDNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; WORKER CASTE;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 73449121100     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009048     Document Type: Article

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