Tasmanian Phoridae (Diptera) and some additional Australasian species

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-639

  Disney, R H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australasian Region; Keys; New genus; New species

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA;

BECKERININI; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; METOPINA; METOPININI; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0037429720     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110096564     Document Type: Article

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