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Phylogenomic Delimitation of Morphologically Cryptic Species in Globetrotting Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species Complexes

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  • 1. Entomology & Nematology Department, University of Florida, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA,
  • 2. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA,
  • 3. Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA,
  • 4. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,DC 20560, USA, and

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Williams, Jason L., Zhang, Y.Miles, LaPolla, John S., Schultz, Ted R., Lucky, Andrea (2022): Phylogenomic Delimitation of Morphologically Cryptic Species in Globetrotting Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species Complexes. Insect Systematics and Diversity (AIFB) 6 (1): 1-15, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab027, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab027

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