Morphometrics, life history and population biology of the Ponto-Caucasian slave-making ant Myrmoxenus tamarae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Abstract. The ant genus Myrmoxenus consists of about ten socially parasitic species including active slave-makers and workerless "degenerate slave-makers". Myrmoxenus tamarae was previously known only from type material, two workers collected at Daba, Georgia and nothing was known about it...
Main Authors: | Nana GRATIASHVILI, Masaki SUEFUJI, Shalva BARJADZE, Jürgen HEINZE |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
2015-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Entomology |
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Online Access: | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201501-0022_Morphometrics_life_history_and_population_biology_of_the_Ponto-Caucasian_slave-making_ant_Myrmoxenus_tamarae.php |
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