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Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions

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Cranston, Peter S., Tang, Hongqu (2018): Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions. Zootaxa 4450 (1): 41-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.3

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