Molecular and morphological evidence for three sympatric species of Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the Greek island of Rhodes

Myrmecological News

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-11

  Ward, Philip S ^a   Sumnicht, Theodore P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Leptanilla; Leptanillinae; Male ants; Molecular phylogenetics; Species delimitation; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTANILLA; LEPTANILLINAE;

EID: 84862846998     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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