Rediscovery of the bizarre cretaceous ant haidomyrmex dlussky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with two new species

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3755, 2012, Pages

  Barden, Phillip ^a   Grimaldi, David ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84866369837     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3755.2     Document Type: Article

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