Distribution, host specificity, and the potential for cryptic speciation in hoverfly Microdon myrmicae (Diptera: Syrphidae), a social parasite of Myrmica ants
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Rearing and observation of immature stages of the hoverfly Microdon katsurai (Diptera, Syrphidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Entomology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0307-6946
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01253.x