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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-11-17
Page range: 399-400
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Correction of the taxonomic status of two species of Stictochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) of India

Entomology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 713104
Diptera Chironomidae

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