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A New Palearctic Genus of Melectine Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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RIGHTMYER, MOLLY G., ENGEL, MICHAEL S. (2003): A New Palearctic Genus of Melectine Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates 3392: 1-23, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)392<0001:ANPGOM>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282003%29392%3C0001%3AANPGOM%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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