Review of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) of Australia, Borneo, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with descriptions of new species

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-146

  Kohout, Rudolf J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyrtomyrma; Distribution; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Identification keys; New species; Polyrhachis

Indexed keywords

ANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYBOSA; HYMENOPTERA; POLYRHACHIS; POLYRHACHIS AUSTRALIS; POLYRHACHIS DEBILIS; POLYRHACHIS LAEVISSIMA ARUENSIS; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA CELEBENSIS; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA CORPORAALI; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA FULAKORA; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA NOMO; POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA SEMIINERMIS; TUBEROSA;

EID: 33845792604     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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