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Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin
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- DE ALBUQUERQUE, EMÍLIA ZOPPAS
- PRADO, LÍVIA PIRES DO
- ANDRADE-SILVA, JOUDELLYS
- DE SIQUEIRA, EMELY LAIARA SILVA
- DA SILVA SAMPAIO, KELLY LIANE
- ALVES, DIEGO
- BRANDÃO, CARLOS ROBERTO FERREIRA
- ANDRADE, PALOMA L.
- FEITOSA, RODRIGO MACHADO
- DE AZEVEDO KOCH, ELMO BORGES
- DELABIE, JACQUES HUBERT CHARLES
- FERNANDES, ITANNA
- BACCARO, FABRÍCIO BEGGIATO
- SOUZA, JORGE LUIZ PEREIRA
- ALMEIDA, RONY PETERSON SANTOS
- SILVA, ROGÉRIO R.
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DE ALBUQUERQUE, EMÍLIA ZOPPAS, PRADO, LÍVIA PIRES DO, ANDRADE-SILVA, JOUDELLYS, DE SIQUEIRA, EMELY LAIARA SILVA, DA SILVA SAMPAIO, KELLY LIANE, ALVES, DIEGO, BRANDÃO, CARLOS ROBERTO FERREIRA, ANDRADE, PALOMA L., FEITOSA, RODRIGO MACHADO, DE AZEVEDO KOCH, ELMO BORGES, DELABIE, JACQUES HUBERT CHARLES, FERNANDES, ITANNA, BACCARO, FABRÍCIO BEGGIATO, SOUZA, JORGE LUIZ PEREIRA, ALMEIDA, RONY PETERSON SANTOS, SILVA, ROGÉRIO R. (2021): Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001 (1): 1-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1
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