Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) frontal gland secretion and their fatty acid constituent activity on termites and red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-154

  Mao, Lixin ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Laine, Roger A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Coptotermes formosanus; Fatty acid; Soldier formation; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 22844445573     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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