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A preliminary study of nest structure and composition of the weaver ant Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) delecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Tranter, C., H Hughes, W. O. (2015): A preliminary study of nest structure and composition of the weaver ant Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) delecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 1197-1207, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1103912, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1103912

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