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Comparison of the External Morphology of the Sternal Glands for Hornets in the Genus Vespa

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/biology11020245

ISSN

2079-7737

Autores

Heather R. Mattila, Gard W. Otis, Johan Billen, Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen, Satoshi Shimano,

Tópico(s)

Insect and Pesticide Research

Resumo

Many social wasps in the speciose subfamilies Polistinae and Vespinae have two sternal glands-the van der Vecht gland and the Richards gland-that are not found in other insects. The presence of these glands has been confirmed in only 6 of 22 hornet species (genus

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