Morphological description of the immatures of the ant, Monomorium floricola

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Solis, Daniel Russ ^a   Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson ^a   Kato, Luciane Mayumi ^b   de Jesus, Carlos Massuretti ^a   Yabuki, Antonio Teruyoshi ^a   de Carvalho Campos, Ana Eugênia ^b   Bueno, Odair Correa ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Larval instars; Myrmicinae; Solenopsidini; Tramp species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; LARVA;

EID: 77957365049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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