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Two new species of Quichuana Knab (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the paramo ecosystems in Colombia

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Montoya, Augusto L., Ricarte, Antonio, Wolff, Marta (2017): Two new species of Quichuana Knab (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the paramo ecosystems in Colombia. Zootaxa 4244 (3): 390-402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.7

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