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Redescription of Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
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Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905, a member of the A. graeca species-group is redescribed based on material collected in the Golestan Province of northern Iran. A key to species of the Aphaenogaster graeca group is given.
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