The genus Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae) in the Greater Antilles, with an outline of phylogenetic relationships

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 76-86

  Fontenla, Jorge Luis ^a  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PRENOLEPIS;

EID: 0034190622     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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