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Current disposition of earwigflies, Merope tuber Newman and Austromerope poultoni Killington (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods

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Dunford, James C., Somma, Louis A., Serrano, David (2016): Current disposition of earwigflies, Merope tuber Newman and Austromerope poultoni Killington (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Insecta Mundi 2016 (467): 1-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170473

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