Distribution of Caenocholax fenyesi (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae) and the Habitats Most Likely to Contain Its Stylopized Host, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1258-1262

  Cook, Jerry L ^a   Johnston, J Spencer ^a   Gold, Roger E ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caenocholax fenyesi; Distribution

Indexed keywords

CAENOCHOLAX FENYESI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECOLACIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 0038382102     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1258     Document Type: Article

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