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New data on the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Iran, with descriptions of two new species

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Gilasian, Ebrahim, Vujić, Ante, Hauser, Martin, Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad (2017): New data on the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Iran, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4303 (1): 27-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.2

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