The First Occurrence of Fire Ant Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Hym.: Formicidae), Southeastern Iran
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BIOECOLOGY AND CHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF ABDOMINAL GLANDS IN THE IRANIAN SAMSUM ANT Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Formicidae: Ponerinae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1028-8880
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.606.609