Colony composition and queen behavior in polygynous colonies of the Oriental ponerine ant Odontomachus rixosus (Hymenoptera Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Ito, F ^a   Yusoff, N R ^b   Idris, A H ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Odontomachus polygyny; Polyethism; Ponerinae; Queen; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ODONTOMACHUS RIXOSUS;

EID: 0030018973     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01253958     Document Type: Article

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