A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1713, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Feitosa, Rodrigo M ^a   Hora, Riviane R ^b,c   Delabie, Jacques H C ^d,e   Valenzuela, Jorge ^f   Fresneau, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ectatomma tuberculatum; Ectatomminae; Mexico; Social parasitism; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ECTATOMMA; ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; ECTATOMMINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 40349089474     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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