A descriptive morphology of the ant genus Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Serna, F ^a,b   MacKay, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aculeata; Cephalotini; external anatomy; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; qualitative characters; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACULEATA; CEPHALOTINI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASUS; PROCRYPTOCERUS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; HEAD; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

EID: 77957660918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.11101     Document Type: Article

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