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Research Article

Sarcosaprophagous flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) are less diverse in Amazon Forest than mangroves in Northeast Brazil: preliminary insights about environmental heterogeneity

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Pages 1939-1956 | Received 02 Apr 2021, Accepted 26 Sep 2022, Published online: 09 Dec 2022

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