Absence of sex-differential brood raising by workers in Diacamma sp. from Japan

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Nakata, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diacamma; Queenless ponerine; Sex discrimination; Sexual deception

Indexed keywords

ANT; EUSOCIALITY; LARVA; SEX DETERMINATION;

JAPAN;

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031679181     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050486     Document Type: Article

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