Two new dolichoderine ant genera from madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and ravavy gen. n. (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2118, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Fisher, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Ants; Aptinoma; Arthropods; Dolichoderinae; Malagasy endemics; Ravavy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 67249091312     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2118.1.3     Document Type: Article

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