Worldwide spread of the ruby ant, Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 14, Issue , 2010, Pages 87-96

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Radchenko, Alexander G ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biological invasion; Exotic species; Invasive species; Stinging ant.

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA KOTOKUI; MYRMICA LAEVINODIS; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 78649598661     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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