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First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana
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Franco, Weslly, Ladino, Natalia, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Dejean, Alain, Orivel, Jerôme, Fichaux, Mélanie, Groc, Sarah, Leponce, Maurice, Feitosa, Rodrigo M. (2019): First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674 (5): 509-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2
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