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A new species of Dixella, the first Mexican record of Dixella shannoni, and a summary of dixid records from Mexico (Diptera: Dixidae)

  • 1. Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE), Francisco P. Miranda #177, Unidad Lomas de Plateros, DT. Álvaro Obregón, 01480, Ciudad de México, México.
  • 2. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Antigua Carretera a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, Xalapa, 91073, Veracruz, México.

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Huerta, Heron, Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio (2021): A new species of Dixella, the first Mexican record of Dixella shannoni, and a summary of dixid records from Mexico (Diptera: Dixidae). Zootaxa 5016 (3): 430-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.3.8

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