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FAMILY SPHAEROCERIDAE

Laboratório de Dipterologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, CEP 70910-000, Brasília, Brasil
Diptera catalogue Colombia distribution Lesser dung flies

Abstract

This catalog compiles information on the 13 genera and 25 species of Sphaeroceridae that have been reported for Colombia. It is entirely based on literature data and no new records are presented.

 

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