Three new species and reassessment of the rare Neotropical ant genus Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Leptanilloidinae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 133, Issue , 2011, Pages 19-48

  Borowiec, Marek L ^a   Longino, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Army ants; Doryline section; Dorylomorphs; Metatibial gland; Morphology; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DORYLOMORPHA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTANILLOIDES; LEPTANILLOIDINAE;

EID: 84856461689     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.133.1479     Document Type: Article

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