Myrmecophilous staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with Dorylus (Dichthadia) laevigatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Malaysia with studies of their behavior

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1 B, 2003, Pages 209-264

  Kistner, David H ^a   Berghoff, Stefanie M ^b   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DORYLUS LAEVIGATUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE; ZYRAS;

EID: 0037285676     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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