Ghost-ant: Post-embryonic development of the worker caste of Tapinoma melanocephalum (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 583-597

  De Jesus, Carlos Massuretti ^a   Bueno, Odair Correa ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dolichoderinae; Ghost ant; Immature development; Larval instars; Tapinoma melanocephalum

Indexed keywords

DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TAPINOMA; TAPINOMA MELANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 34447264067     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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