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X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar

We explore the potential of x-ray micro computed tomography (μCT) for the field of ant taxonomy by using it to enhance the descriptions of two remarkable new species of the ant genus Terataner: T. balrog sp. n. and T. nymeria sp. n.. We provide an illustrated worker-based species identification key...

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Autores principales: Hita Garcia, Francisco, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Alpert, Gary D., Fisher, Brian L., Economo, Evan P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28328931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172641