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EVALUATION OF LARVAL HEMOLYMPH AMINO ACIDS AS A TAXONOMIC CHARACTER FOR NEODIPRION SAWFLIES (HYMENOPTERA: DIPRIONIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. H. Schaefer  and
D. R. Wallace
C. H. Schaefer
Affiliation:
United States Forest Service, Beltsville, Maryland
D. R. Wallace
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Abstract

The composition and variation of hemolymph amino acids in larvae of nine species of the genus Neodiprion were studied. The amino acid pattern was the same in all samples analyzed. Quantitative differences were as great within as between species; hence, hemolymph amino acid data does not appear to be of taxonomic usefulness for this genus.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 6 , June 1967 , pp. 574 - 578
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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