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Geographic variation in host selection in the spider wasps Entypus unifasciatus (Say) and Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

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Kurczewski, Frank E., Stoll, Joseph W., West, Rick C., Kissane, Kelly C., Cobb, Neil Stanley (2020): Geographic variation in host selection in the spider wasps Entypus unifasciatus (Say) and Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 759: 1-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3779079

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