Taxonomic problems in the subgenus Meloehelea wirth of the genus Atrichopogon kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) inferred from both morphological and molecular characters

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Tóthová, Andrea ^a   Knoz, Jan ^a   Sonnek, Radim ^a   Bryja, Josef ^a,b   Vaňhara, Jaromír ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRICHOPOGON; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 41849135776     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84407     Document Type: Article

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