Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, microphoridae, parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-58

  Shamshev, Igor V ^a,b   Grootaert, Patrick ^b  

^a ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diptera; Empidoidea; Indonesia; Microphorella; New species; Oriental region; Papua New Guinea; Parathalassiini; Phylogeny; Singapore; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EMPIDOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPHORELLA; MICROPHORINAE; TERMINALIA;

EID: 4544290007     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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