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Comparative morphology of myrmecophilous immature stages of European Microdon species (Diptera: Syrphidae): updated identification key and new diagnostic characters

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  • 1. giulia.scarparo@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-5698 & marco.molfini@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-7349 & luigi.caopinna@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-258X & * andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-0751 & Laboratorio Interdipartimentale di Microscopia Elettronica (LIME), University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy. & giulia.scarparo@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-5698 & * andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-0751
  • 2. Locks Park Farm, Hatherleigh, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 3LZ, England. & robertwolton@yahoo.co.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-569X
  • 3. giulia.scarparo@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-5698 & marco.molfini@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-7349 & luigi.caopinna@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-258X & * andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-0751

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Scarparo, Giulia, Wolton, Robert, Molfini, Marco, Pinna, Luigi Cao, Ulio, Andrea Di Gi- (2020): Comparative morphology of myrmecophilous immature stages of European Microdon species (Diptera: Syrphidae): updated identification key and new diagnostic characters. Zootaxa 4789 (2): 348-370, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.2

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