The first observation of honeydew foraging in army ants since 1933: Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 tending Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) in Southeast China
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In the present paper I report the first observation of army ants tending Hemiptera in Asia. On 7 October 2012 at 10:00 local time approximately 30 workers of Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 were observed and photographed collecting honeydew from around 50 Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) (Aphididae) on fresh shoots of a young 1.5 m high Lithocarpus glaber (Thunberg) Nakai, 1916 (Fagaceae) tree.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Asian Myrmecology |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 115-118 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 1985-1944 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
- Ecosystems Research - Aenictus, Army Ants, Trophobiosis, honrydew, BEF-China