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Notes on the biology of the wasp, Chalybion spinolae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), an obligatory predator of Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) spiders in South Africa

Ernst NelMcGregor, Western Cape, South Africa
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Janine KellyAgricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anna Dippenaar-SchoemanAgricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Queenswood, South Africa;Department of Zoology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Pages 1585-1593 | Received 01 Feb 2013, Accepted 01 Dec 2013, Published online: 27 Mar 2014

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