Ants as dominant insect visitors of the extrafloral nectaries of sponge gourd plant, Luffa cylindrica (L.) (Cucurbitaceae)

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Agarwal, Vivek Mohan ^a   Rastogi, Neelkamal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ants; Extrafloral nectaries; Insect visitors; Sponge gourd plant

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCURBITACEAE; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHEIDOLE; RAPHIDOPALPA FOVEICOLLIS;

EID: 84866296238     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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