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First Recorded Mating Flight of the Hypogeic Ant, Acropyga epedana, with its Obligate Mutualist Mealybug, Rhizoecus colombiensis
On 26-July, 2005 a mating aggregation of Acropyga epedana Snelling (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) was observed in the Chiricahua Mountains in south-eastern Arizona. This is the first record of a mating flight of A. epedana, the only nearctic member of this pantropical genus. Mating behavior was observed,...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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University of Wisconsin Library
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.007.1101 |