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Atypical Secretions of the Male Cephalic Labial Glands in Bumblebees: The Case of Bombus (Rhodobombus) mesomelasGerstaecker (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

✍ Scribed by Michaël Terzo; Irena Valterová; Pierre Rasmont

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 62 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 1612-1872
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200790124

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