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Checklist of the Family Chironomidae (Order: Diptera) from Turkey

  • 1. Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, 35100, İzmir, Turkey
  • 2. Pamukkale University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, 20160, Denizli, Turkey

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Tasdemir, Ayse, Akyildiz, Gurcay Kivanc (2023): Checklist of the Family Chironomidae (Order: Diptera) from Turkey. Zootaxa 5318 (3): 301-338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.1

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