Natural Occurrence and Laboratory Studies of the Fire Ant PathogenVairimorpha invictae(Microsporida: Burenellidae) in Argentina
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- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 31 (5) , 887-894
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225x-31.5.887
Abstract
We surveyed 154 sites in north-central Argentina and sampled 2,528 fire ant colonies for the presence and intracolonial prevalence of the microsporidKeywords
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