MORPHOMETRICS, LIFE HISTORY AND POPULATION BIOLOGY OF THE PONTO-CAUCASIAN SLAVE-MAKING ANT MYRMOXENUS TAMARAE (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

Morphometrics, life history and population biology of the Ponto-Caucasian slave-making ant Myrmoxenus tamarae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract.The Darkroom Equipment ant genus Myrmoxenus consists of about ten socially parasitic species including active slave-makers and workerless "degenerate slave-makers".Myrmoxenus tamarae was previously known only from type material, two workers collected at Daba, Georgia and nothing was known about its life history, colony structure or the mor

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Antibacterial and dermal toxicological profiles of ethyl acetate extract from Crassocephalum bauchiense (Hutch.) Milne-Redh (Asteraceae)

Abstract Background The emergence in recent years of numerous resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria to a range of formerly efficient antibiotics constitutes a serious threat to public health.Crassocephalum bauchiense, a medicinal herb found in the West Region of Cameroon is used to treat gastrointestinal infections as well as liver disorders.The

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