Tending ants protect honeydew-producing whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-297

  Queiroz, J M ^a   Oliveira, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aleurothrixus aepim; Ant homopteran interactions; Croton floribundus; Insect plant interactions; Mutualism; Sooty mold

Indexed keywords

ANT; FUNGAL DISEASE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHILY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; WHITEFLY;

BRAZIL;

ALEUROTHRIXUS; ALEUROTHRIXUS AEPIM; ALEYRODIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CROTON; CROTON FLORIBUNDUS; ENCARSIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034763080     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.2.295     Document Type: Article

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