Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar – an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups
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عنوان ژورنال: ZooKeys
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1313-2970,1313-2989
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.905.39592