Morphological and physiological variation between queens and workers of Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini) Variações morfológicas e fisiológicas entre rainhas e operárias de Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)

Morphological and physiological variation between queens and workers of Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini). The Neotropical swarm-founding wasps, Epiponini, range from the absence of morphological differentiation between castes to highly distinct castes. We mea...

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Main Authors: Getulio Minoru Tanaka Junior, Raduan Alexandre Soleman, Fernando Barbosa Noll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2010-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262010000100013