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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-01-19
Page range: 97-100
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New Record and Observations of Parapolybia escalerae (Meade-Waldo, 1911) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in Kurdistan, Iraq

1Department of Biology, College of Education, University of Salahadin-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
2Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
2Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Hymenoptera Vespidae Polistinae

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