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A taxonomic revision of the dirt ants, Basiceros Schulz, 1906 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
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Probst, Rodolfo Da Silva, Brandão, Carlos Roberto Ferreira (2022): A taxonomic revision of the dirt ants, Basiceros Schulz, 1906 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 5149 (1): 1-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5149.1.1
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