Distribution of Myrmecocystus mexicanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Association with Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-63

  Cole, Blaine J ^a   Haight, Kevin ^b   Wiernasz, Diane C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Myrmecocystus; Myrmecocystus mexicanus; Pogonomyrmex; Pogonomyrmex occidentalis; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347786459     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0059:DOMMHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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