A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1890, 2008, Pages 1-49

  Feitosa, Rodrigo M ^a   Brandão, Carlos Roberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lordomyrma genus group; Myrmicinae; Neotropics; Stenammini; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BORGMEIER; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LACHNOMYRMEX; LACHNOMYRMEX HASKINSI; LACHNOMYRMEX PILOSUS; LACHNOMYRMEX PLAUMANNI; LACHNOMYRMEX SCROBICULATUS; LORDOMYRMA; MYRMICINAE; STENAMMINI;

EID: 53549131996     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1890.1.1     Document Type: Article

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