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Original Articles

Pollen feeding larvae in the presumed predatory syrphine genus Toxomerus Macquart (Diptera, Syrphidae)

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Pages 939-949 | Received 20 Jul 2008, Accepted 09 Nov 2008, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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