Cocoon morphology of the cockroach-hunting apoid wasp Ampulex compressa (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae).
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عنوان ژورنال: Beiträge zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2511-6428,0005-805X
DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.239-242