Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1677, 2008, Pages 25-45

  Shattuck, Steven O ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster; Australia; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Lectotype; Neotype; New species

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PYTHIA;

EID: 38349027087     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1677.1.2     Document Type: Article

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