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Pretarsus structure in relation to climbing ability in the ants Brachyponera sennaarensis and Daceton armigerum

We studied the external and internal pretarsus structure of the ants Brachyponera sennaarensis and Daceton armigerum in relation to their very different climbing ability. B. sennaarensis is a ground-dwelling species that is not able to climb vertical smooth walls. They have a pair of straight pretar...

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Autores principales: Billen, Johan, Al-Khalifa, Mohammed S., Silva, Rogério R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.06.007