Antennal morphology in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)
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Antennal morphology in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)
Nine hundred eighty species belonging to 182 genera of 15 subfamilies of the family Dolichopodidae were investigated to study antennal morphology. Length measurements of scape, pedicel, postpedicel and arista and height measurements of postpedicel bases were performed, and 4 ratios were selected. Use of morphometric characteristics of Dolichopodidae antennae allows meaningful distinctions betwe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Insect Biodiversity
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2147-7612,2538-1318
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.8