Gender and species identification of four native honey bees (Apidae: Apis) in Thailand based on wing morphometic analysis

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 965-970

  Rattanawannee, Atsalek ^a   Chanchao, Chanpen ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis; geometric morphometry; honey bee; wing morphometry

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRY; NATIVE SPECIES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSPECIES; WING MORPHOLOGY; WORKER CASTE;

THAILAND;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649242582     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10070     Document Type: Article

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