Morphology and phenology of the primitive ponerine army ant onychomyrmex hedleyi (hymenoptera: formicidae: Ponerinae) in a highland rainforest of Australia

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-125

  Miyata, H ^a   Shimamura, T ^b   Hirosawa, H ^b   Higashi, S ^b  

^a TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyoponini; Army Ant; Australia; Onychomyrmex; Phenology; Reproductive Cycle

Indexed keywords

ANT; MORPHOLOGY; OVERWINTERING; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RAVESHOE;

AMBLYOPONINI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ONYCHOMYRMEX; ONYCHOMYRMEX HEDLEYI; PONERINAE;

EID: 0037428371     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713834393     Document Type: Article

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