The nest architecture of the ant, Pheidole oxyops Forel, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-442

  Forti, Luiz C ^a   Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Fujihara, Ricardo T ^a   Lopes, Juliane F S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Architecture; Chambers; Nest; Pheidole; Pitfall trap

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE OXYOPS;

EID: 65249130638     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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