The ant genus tetramorium mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region-taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3592, 2012, Pages 1-85

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

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Malagasy region; Taxonomy; Tetramoriini; Tetramorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871536128     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3592.1.1     Document Type: Article

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