Host Specificity in Raiding Behavior of the Slave-Making Ant Polyergus Lucidus

In the pine barrens of Suffolk County, New York, at least three species of Formica (subgenus Neoformica) are used as slaves by the obligatory slave-making ant Polyergus lucidus. In any single nest, however, only one slave species may be found. This contrasts with the sympatric, facultative slave-mak...

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Main Authors: Linda Goodloe, Raymond Sanwald, Howard Topoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1987-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1987/47105
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