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References
- 1 2 Juli Pujade-Villar; Paul Hanson; George Melika (31 January 2012). "A new genus of oak gallwasp, Coffeikokkos Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of a new species from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae)". ZooKeys . 168 (168): 19–29. doi: 10.3897/ZOOKEYS.168.2030 . ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3293441 . PMID 22423188. Wikidata Q21128422.
- ↑ Enrique Medianero; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey (15 March 2013). "Barucynips panamensis , a new genus and species of oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Panama, and description of one new species of Coffeikokkos". ZooKeys . 277 (277): 25–46. doi: 10.3897/ZOOKEYS.277.3942 . ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3677371 . PMID 23794822. Wikidata Q21191820.
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