A new workerless social parasite in the ant genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion of the origin of social parasitism in ants

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-263

  Ward, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX;

EID: 0000147184     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-12.x     Document Type: Article

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