The tip of the iceberg: A distinctive new spottedwing Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae) from a tropical cloud forest survey and a new, streamlined method for Megaselia descriptions

Biodiversity Data Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hartop, Emily A ^a   Brown, Brian V ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Open ended taxon; Table based description; Taxonomy; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018193585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13142828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4093     Document Type: Article

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