Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Fernández Marín, Hermógenes ^a,b   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ACANTHOPRIA; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CYPHOMYRMEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MIMOPRIELLA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PANAMA; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; FUNGI; MALE; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ATTINI; CYPHOMYRMEX; CYPHOMYRMEX MINUTUS; CYPHOMYRMEX RIMOSUS; DIAPRIIDAE; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 31344441721     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0048-z     Document Type: Article

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