Thaumatomyrmex fraxini sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a New Ant Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociobiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2447-8067,0361-6525
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i2.1615