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A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha

  • 1. California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832-1448, USA. sgaimari@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-7154 United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 51 Mill Pond Road, Hamden, Connecticut 06514, USA. nathan.p.havill@usda.gov; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4004-8266

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Gaimari, Stephen D., Havill, Nathan P. (2021): A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha. Zootaxa 5067 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.1

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