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Chironomus gelhausi, a new species of surface-mating Chironomus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Mongolia

  • 1. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA & Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
  • 2. Division of Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA. barbara.hayford@umontana.edu
  • 3. Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Jr, R. William Bouchard, Hayford, Barbara L., Ferrington Jr, Leonard C. (2022): Chironomus gelhausi, a new species of surface-mating Chironomus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Mongolia. Zootaxa 5116 (1): 123-135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5116.1.6

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