Evidence of high larvai host ant (hymenoptera: Formicidae) specificity in the first post-adoption phase for the myrmecophilous butterfly phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous (lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 861-869

  Patricelli, Dario ^a   Witek, Magdalena ^a   Barbero, Francesca ^a   Casacci, Luca Pietro ^a   Bonelli, Simona ^a   Balletto, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cuckoo strategy; Host parasite integration; Myrmica; Phengaris; Social parasite

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA RUBRA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHENGARIS;

EID: 77953253876     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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