Phylogeny and evolutionary history of queen polymorphic Myrmecina ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Steiner, Florian M ^a   Schlick Steiner, Birgit C ^a   Konrad, Heino ^a   Linksvayer, Timothy A ^b   Quek, Swee Peck ^c   Christian, Erhard ^a   Stauffer, Christian ^a   Buschinger, Alfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase I; Evolutionary history; Formicidae; Historical biogeography; Intermorphic queens; Mitochondrial DNA; Myrmecina; Phylogeny; Queen polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECINA; MYRMECINA AMERICANA; MYRMECINA GRAMINICOLA; MYRMECINA NIPPONICA;

EID: 33748302313     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.083     Document Type: Article

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