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Villet, M., Crewe, R. & Robertson, H. Mating behavior and dispersal inPaltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Insect Behav 2, 413–417 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01068065
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