A synthesis of gynandromorphy among wild bees (hymenoptera: Apoidea), with an annotated description of several new cases

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-375

  Michez, Denis ^a   Rasmont, Pierre ^a   Terzo, Michaël ^a   Vereecken, Nicolas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Deviant; Gynandromorphy; Morphology; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPHORA PLUMIPES; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS MONTICOLA; BOMBUS VESTALIS; DASYPODA HIRTIPES; HYMENOPTERA; MELITTA; MELITTIDAE; VESTALIS;

EID: 77951074642     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2009.10697621     Document Type: Article

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