A revision of male ants of the malagasy amblyoponinae (hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera stigmatomma and xymmer

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Yoshimura, Masashi ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPONE; AMBLYOPONINAE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STIGMATOMMA; XYMMER; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; MADAGASCAR;

ADETOMYRMA; AMBLYOPONE; AMBLYOPONINAE; AMBLYOPS; CONCOCTIO; EMINIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYSTRIUM; PARAPRIONOPELTA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MADAGASCAR; MALE;

EID: 84859017966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033325     Document Type: Article

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