Nest Emigration Behavior of the Asian Needle Ant, Brachyponera (=Pachycondyla) chinensis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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IgE Reactivity of Recombinant Pac c 3 from the Asian Needle Ant (Pachycondyla chinensis).
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociobiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2447-8067,0361-6525
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i4.1586