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Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands

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Disney, R.H.L., Prescher, S., Ashmole, N.P. (2010): Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands. Journal of Natural History 44 (3-4): 107-218, DOI: 10.1080/00222930903371813, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903371813

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