Presence in the Balearic Islands (Spain) of the midges Culicoides imicola and Culicoides obsoletus group
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0269-283X,1365-2915
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00405.x