A new species of Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 685-688

  Brown, Brian V ^a   Folgarait, Patricia ^b   Gilbert, Larry ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INTERRUPTA;

EID: 0038267865     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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