Cladistics of the tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A reappraisal

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-69

  Keller, Roberto A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMYRMA; CERAPACHYS; CHELIOMYRMEX; ECTATOMMINI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0034370023     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00318     Document Type: Article

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