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New Zealand Journal of Zoology Volume 18, 1991 - Issue 2: Special Issue on Wasp Research
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Host specificity of the parasitoid, Sphecophaga vesparum (Curtis) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a potential biological control agent of the social wasps, Vespula germanica (Fabricius) and V. vulgaris (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Australia

R. P. FieldKeith Tumbull Research InstituteLand Protection Division Department of Conservation and Environment P.O. Box 48, Frankston, Vic.3121, Australia
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S. M. DarbyKeith Tumbull Research InstituteLand Protection Division Department of Conservation and Environment P.O. Box 48, Frankston, Vic.3121, Australia
Pages 193-197 | Received 25 May 1990, Accepted 02 Oct 1990, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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