Description of the Alpine Micropsectra oberaarensis sp. n. with taxonomic comments on the attenuata group (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 142-150

  Stur, Elisabeth ^a   Ekrem, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; KRENOPSECTRA; MICROPSECTRA; MICROPSECTRA ATTENUATA; MICROPSECTRA PHARETROPHORA; PARAPSECTRA;

EID: 58149234144     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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