Revision and cladistic analysis of the nocturnal social wasp genus, Apoica lepeletier (hymenoptera: Vespidae; polistinae, epiponini)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3562, 2007, Pages 1-30

  Pickett, Kurt M ^a,b   Wenzel, John W ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34948872686     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)397[1:racaot]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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