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Published: 2024-03-12
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Libanoculex intermedius is not a mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae): It is a chaoborid (Chaoboridae)

Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; UK
Diptera Libanoculex intermedius Culicidae Chaoboridae

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