Six new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Restructuring of world species groups and aKey to Indian Species

Journal of the Entomological Research Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-67

  Bharti, Himender ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha taxonomy; Ants; Carebara; India; Myrmicinae; Old world; Species groups.

Indexed keywords

CAREBARA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICINAE; OLIGOMYRMEX;

EID: 84876570538     PISSN: 13020250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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