Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-523

  Archibald, S Bruce ^a   Cover, Stefan P ^a   Moreau, Corrie S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant evolution; Eocene; Formicidae; Myrmeciinae; Okanagan Highlands

Indexed keywords

ANT; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMECIINAE; PACHYCONDYLA; SYSTENUS;

EID: 33750910888     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[487:BAOTEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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