THE EXTRACTION OF THE LARVAL PERITROPHIC SAC BY THE ADULTS IN BELONOGASTER (HYMENOPTERA VESPOIDEA)

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1 January 1968

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento

Vol. 2 (1) , 203-206
https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1968.10736756

Abstract

The mature larvae of Belonogaster are not able to push the peritrophic sac out completely by themselves. The sac is extracted through an opening in the bottom of the cell, and taken away from the nest, by an adult wasp.

Keywords

ADULTS
SAC
LARVAL PERITROPHIC
MATURE LARVAE
ADULT WASP
HYMENOPTERA VESPOIDEA

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PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN THE FAECES OF THE ORIENTAL WASP, VESPA ORIENTALIS, F.
British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, 1966