The Waterston’s evaporatorium of Ceraphronidae (Ceraphronoidea, Hymenoptera): A morphological barcode to a cryptic taxon

The Waterston’s evaporatorium (=Waterston’s organ), a cuticular modification surrounding the opening of an exocrine gland located on metasomal tergite 6, is characterized and examined for taxonomic significance within the parasitoid wasp family Ceraphronidae. Modification of the abdominal musculatur...

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Main Authors: Jonah M. Ulmer, István Mikó, Andrew R. Deans, Lars Krogmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/67165/download/pdf/