A new species of Metapolybia ducke from central America (hymenoptera: vespidae; polistinae)

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 180-185

  Smethurst, Mark E ^a   Carpenter, James M ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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