Obligatory mutualism between Dalbulus quinquenotatus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) and attendant ants

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 929-940

  Moya Raygoza, G ^a   Nault, L R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant leafhopper interaction; Homoptera; Myrmecophile; Obligatory mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHILY;

CICADELLIDAE; DALBULUS QUINQUENOTATUS; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0033827124     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0929:OMBDQH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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