The identity of Leptothorax albipennis (Curtis) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its presence in Great Britain

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Orledge, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS; LEPTOTHORAX TUBEROINTERRUPTUS; LEPTOTHORAX TUBERUM; STENAMMA;

EID: 0008371768     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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