Phylogenetic relationships among social parasites and their hosts in the ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-117

  Sanetra, Matthias ^a,b   Buschinger, Alfred ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Anergates; Emery's rule; Formicidae; Myrmici nae; Palaearctic; Phylogeny; Social parasites; Strongylognathus; Teleutomyrmex; Tetramoriini; Tetramorium; Tree building methods

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANERGATES; ANERGATES ATRATULUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; STRONGYLOGNATHUS; STRONGYLOGNATHUS HUBERI; STRONGYLOGNATHUS KARAWAJEWI; STRONGYLOGNATHUS TESTACEUS; TELEUTOMYRMEX; TELEUTOMYRMEX SCHNEIDERI; TETRAMORIINI; TETRAMORIUM;

EID: 0034068842     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.017     Document Type: Article

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