Rediscovery of the workerless inquiline ant Pogonomyrmex colei and additional notes on natural history (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Johnson, R A ^a   Parker, J D ^b   Rissing, S W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interspecific trail following; Pogonomyrmex colei; Reproductive biology; Seed harvester ants; Workerless inquiline ant

Indexed keywords

POGONOMYRMEX COLEI;

EID: 0030062039     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01253957     Document Type: Article

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