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A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Rabeling, Christian, Cover, Stefan P., Johnson, Robert A., Mueller, And Ulrich G. (2007): A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1664: 1-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180014

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