Further revisionary studies on the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini)

I hereby revise, for the second time, the primarily Neotropical solenopsidine ant genus Megalomyrmex, describing M. wettereri n. sp., of the Silvestrii group, based on workers and gynes. Megalomyrmex latreillei Forel is synonymyzed under M. foreli Emery. The gyne of M. poatan is described and that o...

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Main Author:	Carlos Roberto F. Brandão
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:	Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Subjects:	Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmicinae taxonomia biologia Megalomyrmex taxonomy biology
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492003000800001

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