Sexual and asexual reproduction of queens in a myrmicine ant, Vollenhovia emeryi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-17

  Okamoto, Misato ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^b   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^b   Ohkawara, Kyohsuke ^c  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal reproduction; Vollenhovia emeryi; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946132072     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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