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Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California
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Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A., Boehme, Nicole F. (2010): Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California. Zootaxa 2553: 1-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196847
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