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Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Herrera Léon Baert Wouter Dekoninck, Henri W., Causton, Charlotte E., Sevilla, Christian R., Pozo, Paola, Hendrickx, Frederik (2020): Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 93: 1-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13710313

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