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Setting the record straight: a re-examination of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Cyprus deposited at the Museum of Zoology of Athens
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- 1. Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece. & Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology, Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57, Akrotiri, Cyprus. & Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Acropoleos 2, Aglantzia 2101, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- 2. Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece. & Museum of Zoology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
- 3. Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece.
- 4. University of Wrocław, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Myrmecological Laboratory, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
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Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos, Ralli, Vasiliki, Salata, Sebastian, Borowiec, Lech (2024): Setting the record straight: a re-examination of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Cyprus deposited at the Museum of Zoology of Athens. Zootaxa 5523 (1): 49-69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.1.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.1.3
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