First records of invasion by the myrmicine Japanese ant Vollenhovia emeryi W. M. Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-604

  Kjar, Daniel S ^a   Suman, Theodore W ^b  

^a ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien; Introduced species; Japanese ant; Vollenhovia emeryi W. M. Wheeler

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; VOLLENHOVIA EMERYI;

EID: 34447279253     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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