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A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure

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Phillip Barden, Hollister W . Herhold, David A . Grimaldi (2017): A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure. Systematic Entomology 42: 837-846, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12253

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