A scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing a beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Russia
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عنوان ژورنال: Entomologica Fennica
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2489-4966,0785-8760
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84098