Queen-size dimorphism in the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 A, 2001, Pages 407-420

  Da Hora, R R ^a   Feneron R ^a,c   Valenzuela, J ^b   Favila, M E ^b   Fresneau, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Ectatomma; Macrogynes; Microgynes; Ponerinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035538204     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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