Nestmate recognition and genetic variability among individuals from nests of the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus aethiopicus Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Schluns E A ^a,c   Neumann, P ^a,b   Schluns H ^a   Hepburn, H R ^b   Moritz, R F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFLP; Colony composition; Nestmate recognition; Ponerine ant; Streblognathus aethiopicus

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; STREBLOGNATHUS AETHIOPICUS;

EID: 33646244063     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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