Macrophytes as indicators of stream condition in the Wet Tropics region, Northern Queensland, Australia
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Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glow-worms Arachnocampa (Diptera, Keroplatidae).
Glow-worms are bioluminescent fly larvae (Order Diptera, genus Arachnocampa) found only in Australia and New Zealand. Their core habitat is rainforest gullies and wet caves. Eight species are present in Australia; five of them have been recently described. The geographic distribution of species in Australia encompasses the montane regions of the eastern Australian coastline from the Wet Tropics...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017