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A New Bethylid Wasp in Lebanese Early Cretaceous Amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with Comments on other Mesozoic Taxa

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Engel, Michael S., Ortega-Blanco, Jaime, Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): A New Bethylid Wasp in Lebanese Early Cretaceous Amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with Comments on other Mesozoic Taxa. American Museum Novitates 2016 (3855): 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/3855.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3855.1

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