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A new species of Contarinia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from flower galls on the relict tree Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae) endemic to Crete (Greece)

  • 1. School of Zoology, The George S Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel & The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
  • 2. Natural History Museum Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • 3. Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - Italian National Research Council, Corso Calatafimi 414, 90129 Palermo, Italy. salvatore.pasta@ibbr.cnr.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-9072
  • 4. Department of Geoinformation in Environmental Management - CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Alsyllio Agrokepiou, 73100 Chania, Greece. hlektra@maich.gr; https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2658-0734
  • 5. Laboratory of Forest Entomology, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation - Demetra, Terma Alkmanos, 11528 Ilissia, Athens, Greece.
  • 6. Natural History Museum Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. & Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, 3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang, 201602 Shanghai, China

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Fazan, Laurence, Dorchin, Netta, Giriens, Sophie, Pasta, Salvatore, Garfì, Giuseppe, Remoundou, Ilektra, Petrakis, Panos V., Kozlowski, Gregor (2023): A new species of Contarinia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from flower galls on the relict tree Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae) endemic to Crete (Greece). Zootaxa 5301 (2): 257-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.6

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