The ants of North and Central America: The genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mackay, William P ^a   Maes, Jean Michel ^b   Fernández, Patricia Rojas ^c   Luna, Gladys ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Museo Entomológico   (Nicaragua)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fungus growing ants; Neotropics; Tribe Attini; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYCOCEPURUS; MYCOCEPURUS CURVISPINOSUS; MYCOCEPURUS TARDUS;

EID: 5444232946     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/4.1.27     Document Type: Review

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