Four species within the supercolonial ants of the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex revealed by integrative taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

• Main Authors: Seifert, Bernhard, D'Eustacchio, Dario, Kaufmann, Bernard, Centorame, Massimiliano, Lorite, Pedro, Modica, Maria Vittoria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Argentine; Barlow; Barton; Borge; Burton; Crozier; Devis; Kay; Meier; Neves; Perez; Rastan; Rozas; Vazquez; Willems; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3538475; https://zenodo.org/record/3538475

Seifert, Bernhard, D'Eustacchio, Dario, Kaufmann, Bernard, Centorame, Massimiliano, Lorite, Pedro, Modica, Maria Vittoria (2017): Four species within the supercolonial ants of the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex revealed by integrative taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 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