Annotated checklist of the ants on the Idaho National Laboratory (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-105

  Clark, William H ^a   Blom, Paul E ^b,c  

^a Albertson College of Idaho   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annotated check list of ants; Color pictures and distribution maps of ants; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Idaho National Laboratory; Keys to ants

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; FORMICA CILIATA; FORMICA GYNOCRATES; FORMICA LAEVICEPS; FORMICA PLANIPILIS; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICA SPATULATA; FORMICA SUBNITENS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICOXENUS DIVERSIPILOSUS; FORMICOXENUS HIRTICORNIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LIOMETOPUM LUCTUOSUM; MYRMICA;

EID: 33847021518     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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