Biological characterization of the obligate symbiosis between Acropyga sauteri Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Eumyrmococcus smithii Silvestri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae) on Okinawa Island, southern Japan

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 3501-3524

  Kishimoto Yamada, K ^a   Itioka, T ^a   Kawai, S ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant hemipteran interactions; Life cycle; Morphology; Mutualism; Myrmecophile; Myrmecophilous mealybugs; Ryukyu

Indexed keywords

ANT; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NESTMATE RECOGNITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ACROPYGA SAUTERI; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 31144452550     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500393145     Document Type: Article

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