Chemical secretions of the "crazy ant" Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Morgan, E David ^a   Jackson, Brian D ^a   Billen, Johan ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crazy ant; Gland; Paratrechina longicornis; Secretion

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 25444522678     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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