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Larval Diversity in the Bee Genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)

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Rozen, Jerome G., Ascher, John S., Kamel, Soliman M., Mohamed, Kariman M. (2016): Larval Diversity in the Bee Genus Megachile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). American Museum Novitates 2016 (3863): 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/3863.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3863.1

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