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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |