Ant defense of Euphyonarthex phyllostoma (Homoptera: Tettigometridae) during trophobiotic associations

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 112-119

  Dejean, A ^a   Bourgoin, T ^b   Orivel, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Ant Homoptera mutualism; Camponotus; Euphyonarthex phyllostoma; Insect plant relationships; Tettigometridae

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANT; PLANTHOPPER;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS ACVAPIMENSIS; CAMPONOTUS BRUTUS; DOLICHODERINAE; EUPHYONARTHEX; EUPHYONARTHEX PHYLLOSTOMA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICARIA OPACIVENTRIS; MYRMICINAE; TETTIGOMETRIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034096701     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00453.x     Document Type: Article

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