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Revision of the Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius, 1804) species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
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Nogueira, David Silva, Oliveira, Favízia Freitas De, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz De (2022): Revision of the Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius, 1804) species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Zootaxa 5119 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5119.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5119.1.1
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