A novel relationship between ants and a leafhopper (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 689-692

  Steiner, Florian M ^a   Schlick Steiner, Birgit C ^a   Holzinger, Werner ^b   Komposch, Christian ^b   Pazoutova, Sylvie ^c   Sanetra, Matthias ^d   Christian, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inst for Faunistics and Animal Ecology   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant leafhopper relationship; Araneae; Auchenorrhyncha; Balclutha punctata; Calamagrostis epigejos; Cicadellidae; Formicidae; Honeydew; Insect insect interactions; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PLANTHOPPER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; BALCLUTHA; BALCLUTHA PUNCTATA; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; CICADELLIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 12844258930     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.090     Document Type: Article

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