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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 850893, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/850893
Research Article

First Record of Pyramica epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the United States

Xuan Chen,1 Joe A. MacGown,2 Benjamin J. Adams,1 Katherine A. Parys,1 Rachel M. Strecker,1 and Linda Hooper-Bui1

1Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
2Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA

Received 29 March 2012; Accepted 10 April 2012

Academic Editor: David Roubik

Copyright © 2012 Xuan Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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