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Morphology of the last instar larvae of Sceliphron asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758) and S. fistularium (Dahlbom, 1843), with a review on larval characters in Sceliphrinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Sandor Christiano BuysLaboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 375-386 | Received 26 Oct 2012, Accepted 01 May 2013, Published online: 13 Aug 2013

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