Diversity in the Australian ant genus Iridomyrmex MAYR, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A critique of HETERICK & SHATTUCK (2011), with particular reference to I. coeruleus HETERICK & SHATTUCK, 2011

Myrmecological News

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-111

  Andersen, Alan N ^a   Hoffmann, Benjamin D ^a   Berman, Maïa ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ant taxonomy; CO1 sequencing; Morphological differentiation; Sequence divergence; Sympatric associations

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IRIDOMYRMEX;

EID: 84875532442     PISSN: 19944136     EISSN: 19973500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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