Revision of the Neotropical ant subfamily Leptanilloidinae

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-36

  Brandao C R F ^d   Diniz, J L M ^a   Agosti, Donat ^b   Delabie, J H ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CEPLAC/Ctro de Pesq Do Cacau/SETEA   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA; ASPHINCTANILLOIDES AMAZONA; ASPHINCTANILLOIDES ANAE; ASPHINCTANILLOIDES MANAUARA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; LEPTANILLOIDES BICONSTRICTA; LEPTANILLOIDES IMPROVISA; LEPTANILLOIDES SCULPTURATA; LEPTANILLOIDINAE;

EID: 0039425587     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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