New characteristics of the male reproductive system in the Meliponini bee, Friesella schrottkyi (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Histological and physiological development during sexual maturation

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-215

  Brito, Pedro ^a   Zama, Uyrá ^b   Dolder, Heidi ^a   Lino Neto, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Friesella schrottkyi; Holocrine secretion; Hymenoptera; Morphology; Reproductive system; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIPID; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; FRIESELLA SCHROTTKYI; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 77950538433     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009071     Document Type: Article

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