Comportements de communication de la cochenille néotropicale Neochavesia caldasiae (Balachowsky 1957) (Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae) avec sa fourmi symbiote Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel 1914) (Formicidae: Formicinae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-475

  Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo ^b   Mariano, Cléa dos Santos Ferreira ^a   Matile Ferrero, Daniele ^c  

^a Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna; Behaviour; Communication; Neotropical Region; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ACROPYGA FUHRMANNI; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEXAPODA; NEOCHAVESIA CALDASIAE; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 64749113971     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697582     Document Type: Article

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