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Issue: Vol. 5352 No. 3: 4 Oct. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.9
Page range: 443-446
Abstract views: 214
PDF downloaded: 14

Addendum to the redescription of Eurhopalothrix reichenspergeri (Santschi, 1923) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): larval morphology, cytogenetic and sperm morphometry data

Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-900; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Amapá; Campus Binacional; 68980-000; Oiapoque; Amapá; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-900; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-900; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-900; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Hymenoptera Formicidae Eurhopalothrix reichenspergeri

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