Note on a colony and the karyotype of the Neotropical ant Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Cerapachyinae);Nota sobre uma colônia e o cariótipo da formiga Neotropical Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Cerapachyinae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-269

  Mariano, Cléa S F ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^b   Pompolo, Silvia G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Unidade de Pesquisa Associada Laboratório de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Cytogenetics; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CERAPACHYINAE; CERAPACHYS; CYLINDROMYRMEX; CYLINDROMYRMEX BRASILIENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 31344465773     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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