Presence of Thelohania solenopsae and vairimorpha invictae in South American populations of Solenopsis invicta

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 625-627

  Valles, Steven M ^a   Briano, Juan A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA SOLENOPSAE; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA INVICTAE;

EID: 12344309184     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0625:POTSAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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