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A new species of the Neotropical genus Beebeomyia (Diptera: Richardiidae) with observations of its biology on Dieffenbachia oerstedii (Araceae)

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Hernández-Ortiz, V., Aguirre, A. (2015): A new species of the Neotropical genus Beebeomyia (Diptera: Richardiidae) with observations of its biology on Dieffenbachia oerstedii (Araceae). Journal of Natural History 49 (31): 1877-1889, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1005712

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