Partners in biological control of cocoa pests: mutualism between Dolichoderus thoracicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Cataenococcus hispidus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
The observed mutualistic relationship between the black cocoa ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith) and the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison) was examined. The importance of C. hispidus to D. thoracicus as a food source was investigated by giving D. thoracicus access to C. hispidus only, to C...
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Cambridge University Press
1997
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51042/1/51042.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51042/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/div-classtitlepartners-in-biological-control-of-cocoa-pests-mutualism-between-span-classitalicdolichoderus-thoracicusspan-hymenoptera-formicidae-and-span-classitaliccataeno |
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