Foraging activity and diet of the ant, Anoplolepis tenella Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in southern Cameroon

African Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-114

  Fotso Kuate, A ^a   Tindo, M ^a,c   Hanna, R ^a,b   Kenne, M ^c   Goergen, G ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b Intl Inst of Trop Agric Benin   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Formicidae trophobiosis; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Stictococcidae; Stictococcus vayssierei

Indexed keywords

ANOPLOLEPIS TENELLA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; STICTOCOCCIDAE; STICTOCOCCUS VAYSSIEREI;

EID: 44349161659     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.107     Document Type: Article

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