Effects of juvenile hormone III on morphogenetic changes during a molt from each nymphal instar in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-386

  Watanabe, Dai ^a   Shirasaki, Ikkei ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alate; Intercaste; JH; Soldier; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77956245950     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.377     Document Type: Article

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