Why hilara is not amusing: The problem of open-ended taxa and the limits of taxonomic knowledge

Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 279-301

  Bickel, Daniel ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 70949092609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004148970.I-45     Document Type: Chapter

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