Molecular phylogenetics of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn 3647, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-250

  Schmidt, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Native Seeds SEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence dating; Phylogenetic inference; Radiations; Relationships; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HARPEGNATHOS; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOPONERA; ODONTOMACHUS; PACHYCONDYLA; PLATYTHYREINI; PLECTROCTENA; PONERA (ANT); PONERINAE; PONERINI; THAUMATOMYRMEX;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANT; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DATABASES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878885852     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.1     Document Type: Article

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