Colony composition and behaviour of a queen and workers in the oriental ectatommine ant Gnamptogenys cribrata (Emery) 1900 in West Java, Indonesia

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-107

  Ito, Fuminori ^a   Gobin, Bruno ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PCS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ants; Gnamptogenys; Larval haemolymph feeding; Ovary

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; GNAMPTOGENYS; GNAMPTOGENYS CRIBRATA;

EID: 77955081760     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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