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A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)

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Andena, Sergio R., Carpenter, James M. (2012): A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). American Museum Novitates 2012 (3753): 1-40, DOI: 10.1206/3753.2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3753.2

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