A new moustache wasp in dominican amber, with an account of apoid wasp evolution emphasizing crabroninae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3529, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Bennett, Daniel J ^a   Engel, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34848878392     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3529[1:anmwid]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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