Trophobiotic relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in the grey dunes of Belgium

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 547-553

  Lehouck, Valérie S ^a   Bonte, Dries B ^a   Dekoninck, Wouter ^a,b   Maelfait, Jean Pierre E ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant hemipteran mutualism; Planthopper; Tettigometra laetus; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PLANTHOPPER;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; FORMICA; FORMICA CUNICULARIA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS PSAMMOPHILUS; MYRMICINAE; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM; TETTIGOMETRA; TETTIGOMETRA LAETUS; TETTIGOMETRIDAE;

EID: 12844257499     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.078     Document Type: Article

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