Colony fusion in a parthenogenetic ant, Pristomyrmex punctatus

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Satow, Show ^a   Satoh, Toshiyuki ^b   Hirota, Tadao ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Myrmicinae; Overwinter; Queenless; Thelytoky

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNCTATUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NESTING; PARTHENOGENESIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 84879243782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.3801     Document Type: Article

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