Direct behavioral evidence for hydrocarbons as nestmate recognition cues in Formica japonica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-387

  Akino, Toshiharu ^a   Yamamura, Kohji ^b   Wakamura, Sadao ^a   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbon; Formica japonica; Nestmate recognition

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICA JAPONICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JAPONICA;

EID: 8344233548     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.381     Document Type: Article

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