New fossil and extant species of Nemopalpus Macquart (Diptera: Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae)
Author
Wagner, Rüdiger
Author
Stuckenberg, Brian R.
text
African Invertebrates
2012
2012-06-30
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.053.0119
journal article
10.5733/afin.053.0119
2305-2562
7917198
Nemopalpus pilipes
Tonnoir, 1922
Figs 17–20
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a brief redescription.
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