Established populations of the indoor silverfish Lepisma saccharinum (Insecta: Zygentoma) in red wood ant nests

Authors

  • Ruben Claus Terrestrial Ecology Unit (TEREC), Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent
  • Pieter Vantieghem Terrestrial Ecology Unit (TEREC), Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent
  • Rafael Molero-Baltanás Depto. de Zoología, University of Córdoba, E-14071 Córdoba
  • Thomas Parmentier Terrestrial Ecology Unit (TEREC), Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent and Research Unit of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Namur Institute of Complex Systems, and Institute of Life, Earth, and the Environment, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-0922

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2022.98

Keywords:

Commensalism, myrmecophile, pest species, red wood ants, thermophilous

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2022-02-03

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Claus, R., Vantieghem, P., Molero-Baltanás, R., & Parmentier, T. (2022). Established populations of the indoor silverfish Lepisma saccharinum (Insecta: Zygentoma) in red wood ant nests. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 152. https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2022.98

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