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The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, Brazil
  • 2. American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, New York, USA

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Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M., Somavilla, Alexandre (2024): The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 509-545, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.3

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