Attracting ants: The trichome and novel glandular areas on the sternum of Ptilocnemus lemur (heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae)

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 28-37

  Weirauch, Christiane ^a   Cassis, Gerasimos ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Australian Meseum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glands; Morphology; Myrmecophily

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; LEMUR; REDUVIIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846816367     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[28:aattan]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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