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The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
- 1. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
- 2. Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma, Italy. enrsc8@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0684-6229
- 3. C.so Umberto I, 301, Torre Annunziata 80058 Naples, Italy
- 4. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. & roger.vila@csic.es; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2447-4388
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Menchetti, Mattia, Schifani, Enrico, Gentile, Vincenzo, Vila, Roger (2022): The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5115 (1): 146-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.10
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