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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title = "The first observation of honeydew foraging in army ants since 1933: Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 tending Eutrichosiphum heterotrichum (Raychaudhuri, 1956) in Southeast China",
abstract = "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. ",
keywords = "Ecosystems Research, Army ants, BEF-China, Honeydew, Trophobiosis, Aenictus, Army Ants, Trophobiosis, honrydew, BEF-China",
author = "Michael Staab",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.20362/am.006010",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "115--118",
journal = "Asian Myrmecology",
issn = "1985-1944",
publisher = "Penerbit UMS",
number = "1",

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PY - 2014

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N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - Army ants

KW - BEF-China

KW - Honeydew

KW - Trophobiosis

KW - Aenictus

KW - Army Ants

KW - Trophobiosis

KW - honrydew

KW - BEF-China

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DO - 10.20362/am.006010

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SP - 115

EP - 118

JO - Asian Myrmecology

JF - Asian Myrmecology

SN - 1985-1944

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