Chemical camouflage of myrmecophilous cricket Myrmecophilus sp. to be integrated with several ant species

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Akino, Toshiharu ^a,b   Mochizuki, Rie ^a   Morimoto, Masayuki ^a   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical camouflage; Cuticular hydrocarbon profile; Myrmecophilous cricket; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344463427     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.40.39     Document Type: Article

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