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Integrated taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the subgenus Trichodagmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Páramo Region of Colombia

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Diaz, Sofia A., Moncada, Ligia I., Murcia, Carlos H., Lotta, Ingrid A., Matta, Nubia E., Adler, Peter H. (2015): Integrated taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the subgenus Trichodagmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Páramo Region of Colombia. Zootaxa 3914 (5): 541-557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.3

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