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Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species
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Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard, Szwedo, Jacek (2016): Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species. Zootaxa 4079 (5): 551-572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3
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