Solenopsis enigmatica, a new species of inquiline ant from the island of Dominica, West Indies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-74

  Deyrup, Mark ^a   Prusak, Zachary A ^b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insects of Dominica; Parasitic ant; Parasitic fire ant; Parasitic Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

ANT; NEW SPECIES; PARASITISM; QUEEN; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

CARINAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 42049115875     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)091[0070:SEANSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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