A new white-spotted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from western North America
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عنوان ژورنال: Biodiversity Data Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1314-2828,1314-2836
DOI: 10.3897/bdj.7.e34310