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Zimmerli, E., Topoff, H. Queens of the socially parasitic antPolyergus do not kill queens ofFormica that have not formed colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Insect Behav 7, 119–121 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01989831
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