Paleodistributions and Comparative Molecular Phylogeography of Leafcutter Ants (Atta spp.) Provide New Insight into the Origins of Amazonian Diversity

• Scott E. Solomon ,

  * E-mail: solomons@si.edu

  Affiliations Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Mauricio Bacci Jr,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Joaquim Martins Jr,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Giovanna Gonçalves Vinha,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ulrich G. Mueller

  Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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