Bionomics of the myrmecophilous oribatid mite Protoribates myrmecophilus (Acari: Oribatida) in the Oriental tropics

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2383-2391

  Ito, Fuminori ^a   Aoki, Jun Ichi ^b,c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant guest; Ants; Myrmecina; Myrmecophily; Oribatid mite

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MITE; MYRMECOPHILY;

ASIA;

ACARI; ARIBATES JAVENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECINA; MYRMECOPHILUS; ORIBATIDA; PROTORIBATES; PROTORIBATES MYRMECOPHILUS; SCHELORIBATIDAE;

EID: 0042065095     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930210144361     Document Type: Article

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