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Barros, Luísa Antônia Campos, Mariano, Cléa S.F., Borges, Davileide de Sousa, Pompolo, Silvia G., Delabie, Jacques H.C. (2008): Cytogenetic Studies of the Neotropical Ant Genus Ectatomma (Formicidae: Ectatomminae: Ectatommini). Sociobiology 51 (3): 555-562, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3358402