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Out of the Neotropics: newly discovered relictual species sheds light on the biogeographical history of spider ants (Leptomyrmex, Dolichoderinae, Formicidae)

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Brendone Boudinot, Rodolfos Probst, Carlos Roberto F. Brandão, Rodrigo Feitosas, Philip S. Ward (2016): Out of the Neotropics: newly discovered relictual species sheds light on the biogeographical history of spider ants (Leptomyrmex, Dolichoderinae, Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41: 658-671, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12181

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