Gastropod guests (Prosobranchia: Pupinidae, and Pulmonata: Subulinidae) associated with the ponerine ant Diacamma sculpturatum complex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Eguchi, Katsuyuki ^a   Bui, Tuan Viet ^b   Janssen, Ronald ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diacamma sculpturatum complex; Gastropoda; Myrmecophiles; Prosobranchia; Pulmonata; Pupinidae; Subulinidae; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIACAMMA; DIACAMMA SCULPTURATUM; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PROSOBRANCHIA; PULMONATA; PUPINIDAE; SUBULINIDAE;

EID: 16244397125     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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