A supercolony of the thatch ant Formica obscuripes Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Blue Mountains of Oregon

Northwest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-29

  McIver, James D ^a   Torgersen, Torolf R ^b   Cimon, Norman J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FORMICA OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PICEA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

SUPERCOLONY; THATCH ANT; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM;

USA, OREGON, BLUE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030613564     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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