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UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus

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Camacho, G P, Franco, W, Branstetter, M G, Pie, M R, Longino, J T, Schultz, T R, Feitosa, R M (2022): UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 6, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab026, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab026

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