A taxonomic review of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex (hymenoptera, formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2401, 2010, Pages 1-29

  Csosz, Sándor ^a   Schulz, Andreas ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ants; Biogeography; Distribution; Key; Morphometry; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM AEGEUM; TETRAMORIUM BURSAKOVI; TETRAMORIUM DENSOPILOSUM; TETRAMORIUM FEROX; TETRAMORIUM FEROXOIDE;

EID: 77954011345     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2401.1.1     Document Type: Article

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