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Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Schifani, Enrico, Giannetti, Daniele, Csősz, Sándor, Castellucci, Filippo, Luchetti, Andrea, Castracani, Cristina, Spotti, Fiorenza A., Mori, Alessandra, Grasso, Donato A. (2022): Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-Palaearctic Colobopsis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 1424-1450, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab035

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