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Two new species of Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 from India with a key to Oriental species adult males (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
- 1. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104 & tuharmukherjeeofficial@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-5985
- 2. Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Maulana Azad College, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, 700013 & dipaksom@gmail.com
- 3. Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104
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Mukherjee, Tuhar, Som, Dipak Kumar, Hazra, Niladri (2022): Two new species of Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 from India with a key to Oriental species adult males (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa 5200 (1): 51-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.1.4
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