The first fossil record of Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Upper Miocene of Crete (Greece)

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-438

  Wappler, Torsten ^a   Dlussky, Gennady M ^b   Reuter, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Formicinae; Fossil ant; Hymenoptera; Miocene; New species; Polyrhachis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949187974     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-009-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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