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The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying, Qi, Wenzhong (2011): The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Zootaxa 2865: 1-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407

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