The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 310-335

  Ward, Philip S ^a   Downie, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; PHYLOGENY;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRCIDRIS; MYRMECIINAE; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX VIDUUS; TACHIGALI; TETRAPONERA; TRIPLARIS;

EID: 17144418150     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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