Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Mediterranean species of the parasitic ant genus Chalepoxenus and its Temnothorax hosts

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Beibl, J ^a   Buschinger, A ^b   Foitzik, S ^c   Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Ludwig Maximilians Universität München ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chalepoxenus; Formicoxenini; Inquilinism; Slave making ants; Social parasitism; Temnothorax

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLADISTICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST USE; INQUILINISM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UKRAINE;

CHALEPOXENUS; CHALEPOXENUS BRUNNEUS; CHALEPOXENUS KUTTERI; CHALEPOXENUS MUELLERIANUS; CHALEPOXENUS TAURICUS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICOXENINI; TEMNOTHORAX; TEMNOTHORAX FLAVICORNIS;

EID: 34248204716     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0932-y     Document Type: Article

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