A new trap-jawed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-465

  McKellar, Ryan C ^a,b   Glasier, James R N ^b   Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ANT; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS;

EID: 84879698459     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2013.23     Document Type: Article

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