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An overlooked case for a century: taxonomy and systematics of a new Iberian species of Eumerus Meigen, 1822 (Diptera, Syrphidae)

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Aguado-Aranda, Pablo, Ricarte, Antonio, Nedeljković, Zorica, Marcos-García, M. Ángeles (2022): An overlooked case for a century: taxonomy and systematics of a new Iberian species of Eumerus Meigen, 1822 (Diptera, Syrphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 817: 35-57, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1761, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1761

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