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The subfamily Cratocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae): reappraisal of their morphological characters and review of the West Palaearctic species, with the description of two new species

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Abul-Sood, Medhat I., Gadallah, Neveen S., Hossni, Mohammed T., Delvare, Gérard (2018): The subfamily Cratocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae): reappraisal of their morphological characters and review of the West Palaearctic species, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4377 (4): 490-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.4.2

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