A natural history of Pleotomodes needhami Green (coleoptera: lampyridae): A firefly symbiont of ants

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Sivinski, John M ^a   Lloyd, James E ^b   Beshers, Samuel N ^c   Davis, Lloyd R ^a   Sivinski, Robert G ^b   Wing, Steven R ^b   Sullivan, Robert T ^b   Cushing, Paula E ^b   Petersson, Erik ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FIREFLY; SYMBIONT;

USA, FLORIDA, ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION;

COLEOPTERA; DORYMYRMEX; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; ODONTOMACHUS CLARUS; PLEOTOMODES NEEDHAMI; TRACHYMRMEX SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 0031844949     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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