Description of a new shieldbug (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) and its close association with a species of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southeast Asia

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Waldkircher, Gaby ^a   Webb, Michael Donald ^b   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Macaranga; Malaysia; Mutualism; New species; Plataspidae; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008643964     PISSN: 00407496     EISSN: 22119434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000133     Document Type: Article

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