Cuticular hydrocarbons of Formica truncorum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Description of new very long chained hydrocarbon components

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-677

  Akino, Toshiharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formica japonica; Formica truncorum

Indexed keywords

FORMICA JAPONICA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33847253580     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.667     Document Type: Article

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