Nematode infection as significant source of unjustified taxonomic descriptions in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-31

  Csosz, Sándor ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alpha taxonomy; Intermorph; Myrmica; Nematode; Parasites

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHOIDEA; MYRMECOPHILA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; MYRMICA SULCINODIS; MYRMICA SYMBIOTICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84866421119     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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