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Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Oman

  • 1. O.D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2. Dept Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD UK & joseph.monks@nhm.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-4735
  • 3. Dept Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD UK & a.polaszek@nhm.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-3353

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Pauly, Alain, Monks, Joseph, Polaszek, Andrew (2023): Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Oman. Zootaxa 5263 (1): 107-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN

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