A new species of thief ant of the genus Solenopsis from the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1075-1086

  Pacheco, José ^a   Herrera, Henri W ^b   Mackay, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Gal pagos Islands; Key to local species; New thief ant; Solenopsis gnoma

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS MOLESTA; TETRAMORIUM BICARINATUM;

EID: 35948955510     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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