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Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood

Abstract. Phragmotic or “door head” ants have evolved independently in several ant genera across the world, but in Africa only one case has been documented until now. Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi) is known from only a single phragmotic major worker collected from sifted leaf-litter near Lake Elment...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Georg, Azorsa, Frank, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Mikheyev, Alexander S., Economo, Evan P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.525.6057