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References
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- ↑ Thomson, C.G. (1894) XLX. Bidrag till kannedom om slagtet Mesoleius., Opuscula Entomologica. Lund. XIX:2025-2079
- ↑ Some genera of British and European Mesoleiini (Hym., Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae) in the National Museums of Scotland, including a new species of … MR Shaw, DR Kasparyan - ENTOMOLOGISTS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 2003
