Abstract:
:Pangonius theodori a new horse fly species (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) from northern Israel and southern Lebanon is described. The zoogeography, habitat preference and taxonomic position within the genus of the new species is discussed in detail.
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Acta Tropjournal_title
Acta tropicaauthors
Zeegers T,Kravchenko VD,Müller GCdoi
10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.11.009subject
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2013-03-01 00:00:00pages
247-50issue
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0001-706Xissn
1873-6254pii
S0001-706X(12)00373-7journal_volume
125pub_type
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