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Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Bou ek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)

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Noort, Simon Van, Rasplus, Jean-Yves (2005): Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Bou ek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae). Zootaxa 929: 1-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171118

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