Introducing Parapolybia escalerae (Meade-Waldo, 1911) (Vespidae: Polistinae) as a paper wasp of the honey producer from Iran

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Ph.D. Agricultural Entomology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and University lecturer, Jiroft, Iran


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