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Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
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- 1. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, U. S. A.
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Carpenter, James M., Brown, Graham R. (2022): Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214 (4): 451-495, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.4.1
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