Sting microsculpture in the digger wasp Bembix rostrata (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Matushkina, Natalia A ^a  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Morphology; Ovipositor; Sting apparatus

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BEMBIX; CRABRONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ROSTRATA; SPHECIDAE;

EID: 80052212694     PISSN: 10709428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/JHR.21.873     Document Type: Article

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