Distribution and Natural History of the Workerless Inquiline Ant Pogonomyrmex Anergismus Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0033-2615,1687-7438
DOI: 10.1155/1994/73940