On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1503, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson ^a   Sous, Daniel Russ ^a   De Jesus, Carlos Massuretti ^a   Bueno, Odair Correa ^a   Yabuki, Antonio Teniyoshi ^a   Rossi, Mônica Lanzoni ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant; Formicinae; Larval instars; Morphology; Paratrechina longicornis

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 34250677247     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1503.1.1     Document Type: Article

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