Thinempis, a new genus from Australia and New Zealand (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the tribal classification of the Empidinae

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-128

  Bickel, Daniel J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; DIPTERA; EMPIDIDAE; EMPIDINAE;

EID: 0009668155     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-2.x     Document Type: Article

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