The ladybird Thalassa saginata, an obligatory myrmecophile of Dolichodeurs bidens ant colonies

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-100

  Orivel, Jérôme ^a   Servigne, Pablo ^b   Cerdan, Philippe ^c   Dejean, Alain ^a   Corbara, Bruno ^b  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c BP 823   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MYRMECOPHILY; PUPA;

ANT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT SOCIETY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PAEDOGENESIS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTS; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUPA;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; BIDENS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DOLICHODERUS BIDENS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 1542344518     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0499-z     Document Type: Article

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