The wasps oviposit on the dorsal or ventral surface of the metasoma, and rarely on the abdominal apex, manoeuvring their body so that the ovipositor thrusts along the posterior-anterior axis of the ant body, a behaviour which suggests that the wasp aims to pierce through the intersegmental membranes.
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In 1964, Lockshin and Williams published their landmark contribution on " Programmed Cell Death : Endocrine potentiation of the breakdown of the intersegmental muscles of silkmoths ", in which they coined the term, " programmed cell death " during a time in which little research was being carried out on this topic.
