Cuticular hydrocarbons distinguish cryptic sibling species in Euglossa orchid bees
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Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation
Recent studies have investigated the composition of compounds that cover the cuticle in social insects, but few studies have focused on solitary bees. Cuticular hydrocarbons may provide a tool for chemotaxonomy, and perhaps they can be used as a complement to morphology and genetic characters in phylogenetic studies. Orchid bees (Tribe Euglossini) are a highly diverse group of Neotropical bees ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0044-8435,1297-9678
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0250-5