Presencia de Monomorium destructor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en México
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The occurrence of Monomorium destructor (Jerdon) is reported for the first time in Mexico. Workers of this ant species were collected in December 2008 and from November 2012 to March 2013 in the city Heoric Cardenas, State of Tabasco (17˚59’45’’ N, 93˚23’32’’ W). The specimens are deposited in the entomological collection of the Postgraduate College, Campus Tabasco.
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