Worker laying in leafcutter ant Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Formicidae, Attini)

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Forti, Luiz C ^a   Lopes, Juliane F S ^b   Noronha, Newton C ^c   Ottati, Angelo L T ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Campus Universitário Martelos ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leafcutter ant; Queenless ant colonies; Reproduction conflict; Worker laying; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS BRUNNEUS; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41649095691     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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