Systematics, distribution, and ecology of an endemic California Camponotus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 514-522

  Gadau, Jürgen ^a   Brady, Seán G ^a   Ward, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus quercicola; Cytochrome oxidase I; Life history; Phylogeny; Polygyny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

CAMPONOTUS HERCULEANUS; CAMPONOTUS QUERCICOLA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS WISLIZENII;

EID: 0033394495     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.4.514     Document Type: Article

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