A gynandromorph of <i>Xylocopa nigrocincta</i> Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
We describe a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) nigrocincta from a single specimen from Argentina. The specimen presents bilateral asymmetry, with the right half of its head displaying male characters and the left half displaying female characters; the mesosoma presents male characters m...
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2009
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| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/35301 http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ne/v38n1/20.pdf |
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| Sumario: | We describe a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) nigrocincta from a single specimen from Argentina. The specimen presents bilateral asymmetry, with the right half of its head displaying male characters and the left half displaying female characters; the mesosoma presents male characters mostly in the right half of the prothorax, pronotal lobe and distal half of the fore tibia and in the pubescence of tarsus; the rest of the mesosoma and the metasoma display female features. |
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