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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota

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Perrichot, Vincent, Boudinot, Brendon E., Engel, Michael S., Fls, Xu, Chunpeng, Bojarski, Błażej, Szwedo, Jacek (2022): Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 775-791, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac053

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