Parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the Solenopsis genus group from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1461, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Eguchi, Katsuyuki ^a   Bui, Tuan Viet ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Parvimyrma gen. nov; Solenopsidini; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; SOLENOPSIDINI; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 34248228356     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1461.1.4     Document Type: Article

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