Repellent effect on host Formica workers of queen Dufour's gland secretion of the obligatory social parasite ant, Polyergus samurai (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-141

  Tsuneoka, Yousuke ^a   Akino, Toshiharu ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dufour's gland; Formica japonica; Polyergus samurai; Repellent; Social parasite

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICA JAPONICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLYERGUS SAMURAI;

EID: 76449113530     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.133     Document Type: Article

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