Per arborem ad astra: Morphological adaptations to exploiting the woody habitat in the early evolution of Hymenoptera

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-20

  Vilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional morphology; Hymenoptera; Parasitism; Woodboring habitat

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; HABITAT; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESTYLE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; WASP; WOODY PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

APOCRITA; AULACIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; CYNIPOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; MEGALYRIDAE; ORUSSIDAE; STEPHANIDAE;

EID: 78649785748     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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