Thermophilia in a tropical Australian ant of the Melophorus aeneovirens (Lowne) species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-167

  Hoffmann, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant; Australia; Melophorus; Thermophilia

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IRIDOMYRMEX SANGUINEUS; MELOPHORUS; MELOPHORUS AENEOVIRENS;

EID: 0000737313     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01565.x     Document Type: Article

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