Oriental Diptera, a Challenge in Diversity and Taxonomy

Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 197-226

  Grootaert, Patrick ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004148970.I-45     Document Type: Chapter

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