LARVAL INSTARS AND IMMATURE DEVELOPMENT OF A BRAZILIAN POPULATION OF PHARAOHS ANT, MONOMORIUM-PHARAONIS (L) (HYM, FORMICIDAE)
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The immature development of pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis, workers was s died in a naturally collected Brazilian population. Three larval instars were confirmed by measuring maximal cephalic widths in cohorts of known age. Minimum egg to adult duration was 25 days, while the maximum duration was 54 days, both of which are larger than those reported for European populations. Larval instar development is cyclical at the colony level, suggesting reproductive bursts followed by lower reproductive activity of the queens.
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Journal of Applied Entomology-zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Entomologie. Berlin: Blackwell Wissenschafts-verlag Gmbh, v. 116, n. 1, p. 90-93, 1993.
