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Miyano, S. Life tables of colonies and workers in a paper wasp,Polistes Chinensis antennalis, in central Japan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Res Popul Ecol 22, 69–88 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02513536
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