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Issue: Vol. 2357 No. 1: 11 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2357.1.3
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Indonesia

University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England
Diptera Phoridae new species Indonesia

Abstract

Plethysmochaeta lawrencei sp. nov., Poloniphora lawrencei sp. nov. and Spiniphora lawrencei sp. nov. are described from Indonesia.

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