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Four species within the supercolonial ants of the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex revealed by integrative taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Seifert, Bernhard, D'Eustacchio, Dario, Kaufmann, Bernard, Centorame, Massimiliano, Lorite, Pedro, Modica, Maria Vittoria (2017): Four species within the supercolonial ants of the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex revealed by integrative taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 24: 123-144, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3538476

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