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A technique to dry mount Hymenoptera (Hexapoda) from alcohol in a few seconds, and its application to other insect orders

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Aguiar, Alexandre Pires (2012): A technique to dry mount Hymenoptera (Hexapoda) from alcohol in a few seconds, and its application to other insect orders. Zootaxa 3412 (1): 53-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3412.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3412.1.3

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