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Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records

  • 1. Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), URL-CNRST N°18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco.
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier Street 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

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Zouhair, Laila, Grootaert, Patrick, Kettani, Kawtar (2024): Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records. European Journal of Taxonomy 951 (1): 1-53, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2645/12209

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