Nearctic diptera: Twenty years later

Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-46

  Thompson, F Christian ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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