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Sharkey, Michael J. (2007): Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera*. Zootaxa 1668 (1): 521-548, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.25, URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1668.1.25

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