Biogeography and diversification of the pacific ant genus lordomyrma emery

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-634

  Lucky, Andrea ^a   Sarnat, Eli M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Eua; Divergence dating; Diversification; Fiji; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Lordomyrma; Melanesia; South Pacific; Vitiaz Arc

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MIOCENE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; EUA; FIJI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TONGA;

EUA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LORDOMYRMA; MYRMICINAE;

EID: 77952029928     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02242.x     Document Type: Article

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