Review of the Borboroidini or Wombat Flies (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), with reconsideration of the status of families Heleomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae, and descriptions of femoral gland-baskets

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 143-219

  McAlpine, David K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 35348986977     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.59.2007.1487     Document Type: Review

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