Title : ( Survey on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Northeast and Center of Iran )
Authors: Minoo Heidari , M. ZARE KHORMIZI , Gholamhossein Moravvej , Hussein Sadeghi Namaghi ,
Full TextAbstract
A survey of ant-aphid interaction was conducted by collecting and identifying samples of ants and aphids associated with some aphid host plants in the urban landscape of Mashhad and Yazd, Iran. As a result, a total of 11 ant species representing 3 subfamilies and 5 aphid species were identified. All ant species are newly recorded for the fauna of Yazd Province, Iran.
Keywords
, Aphididae, Formicidae, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Mutualistic association
@article{paperid:1060341,
author = {Heidari, Minoo and M. ZARE KHORMIZI and Moravvej, Gholamhossein and Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein},
title = {Survey on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Northeast and Center of Iran},
journal = {Entomofauna},
year = {2017},
volume = {38},
number = {17},
month = {January},
issn = {0250-4413},
pages = {369--376},
numpages = {7},
keywords = {Aphididae; Formicidae; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Mutualistic association},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Survey on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Northeast and Center of Iran
%A Heidari, Minoo
%A M. ZARE KHORMIZI
%A Moravvej, Gholamhossein
%A Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein
%J Entomofauna
%@ 0250-4413
%D 2017
