The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region-taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3365, 2012, Pages 1-123

  Garcia, Francisco Hita ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Malagasy region; Taxonomic revision; Taxonomy; Tetramoriini; Tetramorium

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TETRAMORIINI; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM BESSONII; TETRAMORIUM DYSALUM; TETRAMORIUM HUMBLOTI; TETRAMORIUM MARGINATUM; TETRAMORIUM STEINHEILI; TETRAMORIUM WEITZECKERI;

EID: 84863456293     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3365.1.1     Document Type: Article

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