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Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species

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Sharaf, Mostafa R., Fisher, Brian L., Collingwood, Cedric A., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. (2017): Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (5-6): 317-378, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157

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