An overview of the South African tangle-veined flies (Diptera: Nemestrinidae), with an annotated key to the genera and a checklist of species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1277, 2006, Pages 39-63

  Barraclough, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Generic key; Nemestrinidae; Overview; South Africa; Species checklist

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; MOEGISTORHYNCHUS; MOEGISTORHYNCHUS LONGIROSTRIS; NEMESTRINIDAE; PROSOECA; STENOBASIPTERON; TRICHOPSIDEA;

EID: 33747202168     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1277.1.4     Document Type: Review

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