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Les insectes actuels témoins des passés de l’Afrique : essai sur l’origine et la singularité de l’entomofaune de la region afrotropicale

Philippe Le Gall IRD, UR 072, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Spéciation, Avenue de la Terrasse Bât. 13 BP1, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, F-91198, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Jean-François Silvain IRD, UR 072, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Spéciation, Avenue de la Terrasse Bât. 13 BP1, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, F-91198, France
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André Nel CNRS UMR 7205, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, CP 50, 45 rue Buffon, Paris, F-75005, France
&
Daniel Lachaise
Pages 297-343 | Accepted 24 Sep 2009, Published online: 31 May 2013

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