Record of a mixed colony of two dacetine species: Strumigenys rotogenys and Pyramica mitis (Myrmicinae) from Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-127

  Mezger, Dirk ^a   Pfeiffer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial forest; Borneo; Formicidae; Mixed colony; Nesting behaviour; Pyramica; Strumigenys

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICINAE; PYRAMICA; STRUMIGENYS;

EID: 77957605823     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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