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Martha Gilliam, Stephen L. Buchmann, Brenda J. Lorenz, David W. Roubik, Microbiology of the Larval Provisions of the Stingless Bee, Trigona hypogea, an Obligate Necrophage, Biotropica, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. 28-31
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