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KEYS TO ADULTS AND PUPARIA OF FIVE SPECIES OF MICRODON (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John A. Novak ,
Roger D. Akre  and
Wm. B. Garnett
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Abstract

Adult and puparial keys are presented for five Microdon species occurring in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The original description of Microdon cockerelli Jones is revised, and a new species of Microdon is described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , May 1977 , pp. 663 - 668
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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