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The Pepsis menechma Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) taxonomic and nomenclatural problem

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Kurczewski, Frank E. (2023): The Pepsis menechma Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) taxonomic and nomenclatural problem. Insecta Mundi 2023 (9): 1-10, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10134367

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