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The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini)

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  • 1. Department of Ornithology, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia' MACN-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
  • 2. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA, and

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Hanisch, Priscila Elena, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Schultz, Ted R. (2022): The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini). Insect Systematics and Diversity (AIFB) 6 (1): 1-17, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab029, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab029

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