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Sphecid wasps of the world: a generic revision
By Richard Mitchell Bohart, Arnold S. Menke
University of California Press, 1976
ISBN: 9780520023185
Cite: 361853 with citation markup [cite:361853]
This is an excellent reference work!! The entire masterly obra magnum (675+ pages!) can be read beginning at the link below:

      https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FExMjuRhjpIC/page/n1

...provided courtesy of the "Internet Archive".

Thanks to Jeff for pointing to this link, which provides access to the entire work...unlike the incomplete coverage available at the Google Books link I had originally posted here.

If every family of Insecta had a treatment of such high scholarly caliber; such rich detail; and as well-written and illustrated as this...well, I guess a lot of entomophiles would think they had been transported to heaven :-)

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