Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3283, 2012, Pages 1-101

  Bolton, Barry ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrotropical Malagasy; Cerapachyinae; Diagnoses; Keys to species; Simopone; Tanipone; Taxonomy; Vicinopone

Indexed keywords

CERAPACHYINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORITHYIA (ANGIOSPERM); RABULA; SIMOPONE;

EID: 84860433580     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3283.1.1     Document Type: Article

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