Eye size and behaviour of day- and night-flying leafcutting ant alates

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Moser, John C ^a   Reeve, John D ^b   Bento, José Maurício S ^c   Della Lucia, Terezínha M C ^d   Cameron, R Scott ^e   Heck, Natalie M ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d University of Viçosa   (Brazil)

^e International Paper   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta; Compound eye; Leaf cutting ants; Nuptial flight; Ocelli; Ommatidia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; BODY SIZE; EYE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; ATTA TEXANA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 4544379189     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005527     Document Type: Article

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