The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group

ZooKeys

Volumn , Issue 438, 2014, Pages 57-112

  Fischer, Georg ^a   Azorsa, Frank ^a,b,c   Fisher, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b División de Entomologia Centro de Ecologia y Biodiversidad CEBIO   (Peru)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carebara; New genus synonymy; Oligomyrmex; Paedalgus; Pheidologeton; Taxonomic revision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906919764     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.438.7922     Document Type: Article

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