Larval hemolymph feeding and oophagy: Behavior of queen and workers in the primitive ponerine ant Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Fuminori, Ito ^a,b   Billen, Johan ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Larval hemolymph feeding; Oophagy; Ponerinae; Prionopelta; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT;

PRIONOPELTA KRAEPELINI;

EID: 0345493721     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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