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Original Articles

Discovery of a predaceous drosophilid Acletoxenus indicus Malloch in South China, with descriptions of the taxonomic, ecological and molecular characters (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

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Pages 349-354 | Received 10 Jan 2011, Accepted 06 Sep 2011, Published online: 20 Dec 2011

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