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Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf

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Azari-Hamidian, S., Linton, Y.-M., Abai, M.R., Ladonni, H., Oshaghi, M.A., Hanafi-Bojd, A.A., Moosa-Kazemi, S.H., Shabkhiz, H., Pakari, A., Harbach, R.E. (2010): Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf. Journal of Natural History 44 (15-16): 913-925, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437358, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903437358

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