A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1767, 2008, Pages 1-36

  Sarnat, Eli M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fiji; Key to species; Taxonomy; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE QUADRICUSPIS; PHEIDOLE ROOSEVELTI;

EID: 44449169911     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1767.1.1     Document Type: Article

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