Revision of the ant genus Liometopum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 299-369

  Del Toro, Israel ^a   Pacheco, José A ^b   Mackay, William P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LIOMETOPUM; LIOMETOPUM APICULATUM; LIOMETOPUM LINDGREENI; LIOMETOPUM LUCTUOSUM; LIOMETOPUM MICROCEPHALUM; LIOMETOPUM OCCIDENTALE; LIOMETOPUM ORIENTALE; LIOMETOPUM SINENSE; MANSONIA (MOSQUITO GENUS);

EID: 62549156338     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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