A new fungus-growing ant genus, Mycetagroicus gen. N., with the description of three new species and comments on the monophyly of the attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 639-665

  Brandão, C Roberto F ^a   Mayhé Nunes, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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