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Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status
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Ornosa, Concepción, Torres, Félix, Rúa, Pilar De La (2017): Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status. Zootaxa 4237 (1): 41-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.3
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