Crematogaster pygmaea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), a highly polygynous and polydomous Crematogaster from northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2075, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Quinet, Yves ^a   Hamidi, Rachid ^b   Ruiz Gonzalez, Mario Xavier ^c   De Biseau, Jean Christophe ^b   Longino, John T ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cear ; Crematogaster; Formicidae; Myrmicinae; Polydomy; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

CREMATOGASTER ABSTINENS; CREMATOGASTER PYGMAEA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE;

EID: 65949087889     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2075.1.3     Document Type: Article

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