The front basitarsal brush in Pachycondyla apicalis and its role in hydrocarbon circulation

Chemoecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Hefetz, Abraham ^a   Soroker, Victoria ^a   Dahbi, Abdallah ^b   Malherbe, Marie Clair ^b   Fresneau, Dominique ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Basitarsal brushes; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Nestmate recognition; Pachycondyla apicalis; Postpharyngeal glands

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PACHYCONDYLA APICALIS;

EID: 0035091404     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001827     Document Type: Article

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