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New species and records of Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907 (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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Pereira, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles, Bravo, Freddy (2015): New species and records of Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907 (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 4021 (4): 585-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.8

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