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Marine insects of the Maldives (Heteroptera: Gerridae, Hermatobatidae and Veliidae; Diptera: Chironomidae) with notes on taxonomy, Indo-Pacific distribution, and ecology

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Anderson, R. Charles, Adam, M. Shiham, Cheng, Lanna (2023): Marine insects of the Maldives (Heteroptera: Gerridae, Hermatobatidae and Veliidae; Diptera: Chironomidae) with notes on taxonomy, Indo-Pacific distribution, and ecology. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 478-490, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0035

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