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Issue: Vol. 5353 No. 4: 11 Oct. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.8
Page range: 397-400
Abstract views: 200
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Neotype designation for Vespa nimpha Christ, 1791 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Via dei Tarquini 22; 01100 Viterbo; Italy
Fischerstrasse 1; 10317 Berlin; Germany
Probsteistrasse 89; 8051 Zürich; Switzerland
Hymenoptera Vespidae Polistinae

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