Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. - a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 368, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-77

  Seifert, Bernhard ^a   Kleeberg, Isabelle ^b   Feldmeyer, Barbara ^b   Pamminger, Tobias ^b   Jongepier, Evelien ^b   Foitzik, Susanne ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dulosis; Morphometrics; Nearctic region; Slave raiding behavior; Temnothorax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892652074     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.368.6423     Document Type: Article

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