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Issue: Vol. 5543 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.9
Page range: 141-144
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 1

New record of a rare robber fly Stiphrolamyra pleskei (Becker, 1913) (Diptera: Asilidae: Asilinae) for Kurdistan, Iraq

Department of Biology; College of Science; University of Sulaimani; Sulaymaniyah; Iraq
Department of Biology; College of Science; University of Sulaimani; Sulaymaniyah; Iraq
Diptera Asilidae Asilinae Iraq

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