Environmental determination of the male morph in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-246

  Du, Yanyang ^a   Schrempf, Alexandra ^a   Heinze, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiocondyla; Environmental morph determination; Ergatoid males; Formicidae; Male dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIMORPHISM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

CARDIOCONDYLA; CARDIOCONDYLA OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34248213262     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.038     Document Type: Article

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