Isolation and maintenance of symbiotic fungi of ants in the tribe Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae);Isolamento e manutenção de fungos simbiontes de formigas da tribo Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Silva Pinhati, Ana C O ^a   Bacci Jr , Maurício ^a   Siqueira, Célia G ^a   Silva, Aline ^a   Pagnocca, Fernando C ^a   Bueno, Odair C ^a   Hebling, Maria J A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex; Atta; Basidiomycete; Mycetarotes; Symbiosis; Trachymyrmex

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ATTA; ATTINI; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; MYCELIUM (GENUS); MYCETAROTES; TRACHYMYRMEX;

EID: 35948952921     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000100001     Document Type: Article

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