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New species of belytine and diapriine wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

  • 1. Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, 35000, Rennes, France.
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Denmark.

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Brazidec, Manuel, Vilhelmsen, Lars (2022): New species of belytine and diapriine wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. European Journal of Taxonomy 813: 57-86, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1733, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1733

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