The microsporidium Thelohania solenopsae in red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Louisiana pastures

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Sokolova, Y Y ^a   Bossard, R L ^a   Fuxa, J R ^a   Sanson, D W ^a   Foil, L D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA SOLENOPSAE;

EID: 11244275730     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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