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FAMILY CHIRONOMIDAE

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Mendes, Humberto Fonseca, Pinho, Luiz Carlos (2016): FAMILY CHIRONOMIDAE. Zootaxa 4122 (1): 142-153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.16

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