Cuticular profiles and mating preference in a slave-making ant

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-182

  Beibl, J ^a   D'Ettorre, P ^a,b   Heinze, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chalepoxenus muellerianus; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicoxenini; Mating success; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; CUTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROCARBON; INQUILINISM; MATING SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

CHALEPOXENUS MUELLERIANUS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICOXENINI; TEMNOTHORAX RECEDENS; TEMNOTHORAX UNIFASCIATUS;

EID: 34248224708     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0929-6     Document Type: Article

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