Revision of Afrotropical Polypedilum Kieffer subgen. Uresipedilum Sasa et Kikuchi, 1995 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with a review of the subgenus

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-362

  Oyewo, E A ^a   Saether O A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Chironomidae; Diptera; Keys; New species; Polypedilum subgen.; Revisions; Uresipedilum Sasa et Kikuchi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031663876     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/1998028     Document Type: Article

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