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New records of the exotic black little ant Monomorium carbonarium in the Iberian Peninsula and discovery of the ergatoid queen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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  • 1. C/Medico Vicente Reyes Nº18, 5ºB. 03015 Alacant, Spain - javier.arcos@e-campus.uab.cat

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González, Javier Arcos (2021): New records of the exotic black little ant Monomorium carbonarium in the Iberian Peninsula and discovery of the ergatoid queen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1): 69-74, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/432, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/432

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