Primitive new ants in cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3485, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Grimaldi, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33746256769     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:pnaica]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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