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Species Brachygastra mellifica - Mexican Honey Wasp


Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Bees, Wasps, and Ants: The Indispensable Role of Hymenoptera in Gardens.
By Grissell, Eric
Timber Press, Inc., 2010
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 4 February, 2011 - 2:14pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera
By Sharkey M.J.
Zootaxa 1668: 521–548, 2007
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Contributed by v belov on 3 February, 2011 - 9:31am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families
By Goulet H., Huber J., eds.
Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp., 1993
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Contributed by v belov on 3 February, 2011 - 8:40am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
By Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
Available online at Internet Archive:
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3 (index)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 November, 2008 - 2:19pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Wasp Farm
By Howard Ensign Evans
Comstock Publishing, 1963
Essays and life history observations.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 March, 2004 - 10:14am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta)
New genera and species of Nearctic Neuropteroid insects.
By Banks, N.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 26(3): 239-259., 1900
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Full Text - BHL

Banks, N. 1900. New genera and species of Nearctic Neuropteroid insects. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 26(3): 239-259.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 October, 2020 - 4:47pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta)
Noteworthy records of orthopteroid and hemipteroid insects from southwestrn Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta
By Larson D.J.
Ent. Soc. Sask. 33(2): 10-14, 2014
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i thank Geoff Scudder for directing me towards this publication
Contributed by v belov on 1 August, 2019 - 5:03pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta)
Principles of Insect Morphology
By R. E. Snodgrass
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1935
A classic reference work by one of the titans of the subject.

Can be read online at: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.50045/page/n3
Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 10 July, 2019 - 4:12pm


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