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Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of five new species

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Cuesta-Porta, Victor, Melika, George, Nicholls, James A., Stone, Graham N., Pujade-Villar, Juli (2022): Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of five new species. Zootaxa 5132 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5132.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5132.1.1

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