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A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae)

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Davies, Gregory B. P., Miller, Raymond M., Muller, Burgert S. (2012): A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae). African Invertebrates 53 (2): 615, DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0201, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.053.0201

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