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Egg-producers in the colonies of a polistine wasp,Polistes snelleni (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in central Japan

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Fukazawa, Setagaya-ku, 158, Tokyo, Japan

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Suzuki, T. Egg-producers in the colonies of a polistine wasp,Polistes snelleni (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in central Japan. Ecol. Res. 2, 185–189 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02346926

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