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Larval sex identification of in vivo and long-term ethanol-preserved social wasps
Fecha
2020-01-01Registro en:
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.
1570-7458
0013-8703
10.1111/eea.12960
2-s2.0-85089974464
Autor
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
KU Leuven
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
Larval genital discs are sexually dimorphic in many social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). These sexual traits are visible in vivo and in long-term ethanol-preserved samples. Genital disc morphology provides a cheap, quick, and accurate way to distinguish larvae of females and males.