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Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Megatrigon Johnson, 1898 (Diptera: Syrphidae)

  • 1. Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany.
  • 2. University of Novi Sad, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 3. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Doczkal, Dieter, Radenković, Snežana, Lyneborg, Leif, Pape, Thomas (2016): Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Megatrigon Johnson, 1898 (Diptera: Syrphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 238: 1-36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.238

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