TY  - JOUR
AU  - Boer, P.
T1  - Observations of summit disease in Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2008
DA  - 2008
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_011:063
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_011:063
SP  - 63-66
KW  - Entomophthoraceae, fungal infection, Pandora myrmecophaga, summit disease, Formica.
AB  - In coastal dunes of The Netherlands, an infection of the fungus Pandora myrmecophaga (Turian & Wuest, 1969) Keller & Petrini, 2005 was observed in a population of Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761. The parasitic fungus causes a behaviour in the ant that has been described as summit disease. Pandora myrmecophaga infections have been reported onlyfrom Formica species and I could not detect summit disease in other ant species. Based on field and laboratory observations, details of the behaviour of infected Formica rufa workers are presented, largely confirming earlier observations, but adding new insight.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 11