Chemical mimicry between parasitic ants of the genus Formicoxenus and their host Myrmica (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 379-389

  Lenoir, Alain ^a,d   Malosse, Christian ^b   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical mimicry; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; Formicoxenus; Hymenoptera; Myrmica; Social parasites; Xenobiosis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

FORMICOXENUS; MYRMICA;

EID: 0030799541     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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