Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Witte, V ^a   Janssen, R ^b   Eppenstein, A ^c   Maschwitz, U ^c  

^a Baker Lab ^*  (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allopeas myrmekophilos; Leptogenys distinguenda; Myrmecophiles; Ponerinae; Subulinidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; MYRMECOPHILY;

ALLOPEAS; ALLOPEAS MYRMEKOPHILOS; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOGENYS; LEPTOGENYS DISTINGUENDA; MOLLUSCA; PONERINAE; PULMONATA; SUBULINIDAE;

EID: 0036440603     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012646     Document Type: Article

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