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Variation in Taxonomic Characters of Some Simuliidae (Diptera)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. M. Davies
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In examining a long series of several species of blackflies collected in Algonquin Park, Ontario, it was found that characters, often key characters, used in identifying adults as well as pupae showed variations from those described by previous authors.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , January 1949 , pp. 18 - 21
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1949

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