Structure, chemical composition and putative function of the postpharyngeal gland of the emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae)

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-45

  Herzner, Gudrun ^a   Ruther, Joachim ^a   Goller, Stephan ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^b   Goettler, Wolfgang ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkyl benzoates; Cephalic gland; Convergent evolution; Head gland; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AMPULEX COMPRESSA; AMPULICIDAE; APOIDEA; BLATTARIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM;

EID: 79955085046     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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