Clarifying naming and identification of the outdoor species of the ant genus Tapinoma FÖRSTER, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Europe north of the Mediterranean region with description of a new species

Myrmecological News

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-147

  Seifert, Bernhard ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometric growth; Ant taxonomy; Invasive species; Morphometrics; New species; Tapinoma

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TAPINOMA; TAPINOMA AMBIGUUM; TAPINOMA ERRATICUM; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM;

EID: 84857012952     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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