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A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
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Johnson, Robert A., Borowiec, Marek L., Snelling, Roy R., Cole, Arthur C. (2022): A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 5206 (1): 1-115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1
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