Description of the basic features of parent-offspring stomodeal trophallaxis in the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach Salganea esakii (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-12

  Shimada, Keisuke ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biparental family; Subsocial cockroach; Xylophagy

Indexed keywords

BLABERIDAE; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; PANESTHIINAE; SALGANEA ESAKII;

EID: 78650970183     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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