A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis FABRICIUS, 1793 group (Hymeno-ptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-272

  Seifert, Bernhard ^a   Schultz, Roland ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Discriminant analysis; Endemism; Leave one out cross validation; New species; Numeric morphology based alpha taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ANATOLICA; FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 70450193407     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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