Morphometry of the sexual forms of Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus Forel, 1911 (Hym., Formicidae) in queenright and queenless laboratory colonies

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 347-351

  Camargo, R S ^a   Forti, L C ^a   De Andrade, A P P ^a   De Matos, C A O ^a   Lopes, J F S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus; Leaf cutting ant; Sexual forms

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ATTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 23044499605     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2005.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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