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Reassessment of Incasarus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Protandrenini) with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

  • 1. Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
  • 2. Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada. & Research Associate, Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada.

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Romero, Nora, Packer, Laurence (2026): Reassessment of Incasarus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Protandrenini) with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa 5828 (2): 151-195, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.1

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