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AU Mariano, C
   Silva Santos, I
   Groc, S
   Leroy, C
   Malé, P
   Ruiz-González, M
   Cerdan, P
   Dejean, A
   Delabie, J
TI The karyotypes of Gigantiops destructor (Fabricius) and other ants from French Guiana (Formicidae)
SO Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France
JI Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr.
PY 2011
BP 140
EP 146
VL 47
IS 1-2
DE Chromosome number; Diversity; Minimum interaction theory
AB The aim of this study, which was conducted in French Guiana, was to characterize the karyotypes of nine ant species belonging to the genera Anochetus, Apterostigma, Cyphomyrmex, Camponotus, Gigantiops, Myrmicocrypta, Odontomachus and Pseudomyrmex, and to compare them with published data. We present the first descriptions of the karyotypes of Gigantiops destructor (Fabricius), an endemic Formicinae of the Amazonian region, which is the only living species in the tribe Gigantiopini, and of a species from the poorly-known cryptic genus Myrmicocrypta, which belongs to the Myrmicinae tribe Attini.
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