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Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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Silva, Rogério R., Feitosa, Rodrigo M., Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., Diniz, Jorge L. M. (2009): Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 2052: 32-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186607

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