Nesting and foraging habits in the arboreal ant Atopomyrmex mocquerysi ANDRÉ, 1889 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-115

  Kenne, Martin ^a   Feneron, Renée ^b   Djieto Lordon, Champlain ^c   Malherbe, Marie Claire ^b   Tindo, Maurice ^a   Ngnegueu, Paul R ^c   Dejean, Alain ^d  

^a Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Douala   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Life history; Nest site selection; Pest ant; Predatory behavior; Rhythm of activity; Wood excavating ant

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ATOPOMYRMEX MOCQUERYSI; CITRUS; COCCIDAE; ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; PERSEA AMERICANA; PSIDIUM; STICTOCOCCIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 62249147636     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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