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A revision of the biting midges in the Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus-stigma complex in North America with the description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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William L. Grogan, Jr., Lysyk, Timothy J. (2015): A revision of the biting midges in the Culicoides (Monoculicoides) nubeculosus-stigma complex in North America with the description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 2015 (441): 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5182560

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