A striking color variation is detected in Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across its Western Palaearctic geographic range
In this paper, we provide numeric morphology-based evidence that the dark-colored Ponera coarctata var. lucida Emery, 1898, formerly considered a synonym of P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802), is conspecific with the lighter-colored Ponera testacea Emery, 1895. Species hypotheses are developed via NC-PA...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2022-02-01
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| Series: | ZooKeys |
| Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/79415/download/pdf/ |