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Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA)

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Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V., Disney, R. Henry L. (2015): Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA). Zootaxa 3941 (4): 451-484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1

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