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Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision

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Ortiz-Sepulveda, Claudia M., Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Meneses, Andrés D., Fernández, Fernando (2019): Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N.Y.) 19 (3): 447-542, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2

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