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Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae)

  • 1. Research Associate, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden; Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
  • 2. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland.
  • 3. Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 681000, Russia.

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Steenis, Jeroen Van, Hippa, Heikki, Mutin, Valeri A. (2018): Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 489: 1-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.489

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