Male Polymorphism in the Ant Species Cardiocondyla minutior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-258

  Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Cardiocondyla minutior (forel 1899); Male polymorphism; Myrmicinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000788454     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/23/1999/251     Document Type: Article

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