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The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium)
- 1. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
- 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O.D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium alain.pauly54@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-9786
- 3. Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik.dorchin@africamuseum.be; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium *Corresponding authors: alain.tshibungu.nkulu@ulb.be; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-3456 Phone number: +243.814.74.52.56 nicolas.vereecken@ulb.be; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-4623 Phone number: +32.473.60.35.63
- 4. Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu, Pauly, Alain, Dorchin, Achik, Vereecken, Nicolas J. (2023): The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium). Zootaxa 5392 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1, URL: https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5392.1.1/52546
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