Production of minima workers by genes of Atta colombica Guérin-Ménéville (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) that lack a fungal pellet

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-292

  Fernández Marín, Hermógenes ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Foundresses; Fungal acquisition; Fungus growing ants

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; NEST; SYMBIONT;

ATTA; ATTA COLOMBICA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 27744574019     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0402.19.1     Document Type: Article

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