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First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Kiran, Kadrï, Karaman, Celal (2012): First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548: 1-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210984

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