Number of larval instars of the ant Pachycondyla (=Neoponera) villosa (Formicidae: Ponerinae) determined by the rule of Dyar

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 679-686

  Zara, Fernando José ^a   Caetano, Flávio Henrique ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Dyar's rule; Head capsule; Larval instars; Pachycondyla

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035609883     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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