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Rediscovered at last: a new enigmatic genus of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America

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Sinclair, Bradley J. (2013): Rediscovered at last: a new enigmatic genus of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America. Zootaxa 3682 (1): 143-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.1.7

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