Colony composition and specialized predation on millipedes in the enigmatic ponerine ant genus Probolomyrmex (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-83

  Ito, F ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Millipede; Ponerinae; Probolomyrmex; Specialized predation

Indexed keywords

COLONY COMPOSITION; MILLIPEDE; PREDATION;

INDONESIA, JAVA;

DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYXENIDAE; PROBOLOMYRMEX DAMMERMANI;

EID: 0031969581     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050070     Document Type: Article

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