Keywords
Dolichopodidae
tibial organ
specific characters
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Abstract
Morphologic and morphometric characteristics of generic level of the tibial organ of males Dolichopus Latreille, 1796, were investigated. On the basis of examined characteristics the subgeneric variability were investigated and groups of superspecific level were allocated.
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