Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-131

  Lapolla, John S ^a   Brady, Seán G ^b   Shattuck, Steven O ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLADISTICS; DNA; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EUPRENOLEPIS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; PRENOLEPIS; PSEUDOLASIUS;

EID: 76249110160     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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