Immature development in the tramp species ant Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera, formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 499-512

  Solis, D R ^a   Bueno, O C ^a   Moretti, T C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brood care behavior; Crazy ant; Formicinae; Insecta; Larval instars

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PARATRECHINA; PARATRECHINA FULVA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 34447291350     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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