Corresponding authors: Thomas Pape (
Academic editor: Vladimir Blagoderov
Deceased author
Within the two-winged insects (
Most of Europe is highly industrialised and has a high human population density, and the more fertile habitats are extensively cultivated. This has undoubtedly increased the extinction risk for numerous species of brachyceran flies, yet with the recent re-discovery of
For the
This paper is dedicated to David John Greathead, Karel Hůrka, and Vera Andreevna Richter, prominent dipterists, respected members of our Fauna Europaea community and co-authors of this paper, who passed away in the last few years.
In 1998 the European Commission published the
With regard to biodiversity in Europe, science and policies depend on sufficient knowledge of the relevant components. The assessment of biodiversity, including monitoring changes and ensuring sustainable exploitation, as well as much legislative work, depend upon a validated taxonomic overview, in which
In the EU BON project (
The
Brachyceran flies contain several important agricultural pests, like cabbage flies (
One European brachyceran recently considered as extinct (
The distributional pattern of European
This BDJ data paper includes the taxonomic indexing efforts in
The taxonomic framework of
Every taxonomic group is covered by at least one Group Coordinator responsible for the supervision and integrated input of taxonomic and occurrence data of a particular group. For
The
Data management tasks were taken care of by the
The study area covers the western Palaearctic, including the European mainland, Great Britain, the Macaronesian islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, but excluding Turkey, the Caucasus, western Kazakhstan, the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa (see Fig.
Additional support for preparing the
See relevant sections on coverage.
To facilitate data transfer and data import, sophisticated on-line (web interfaces) and off-line (spreadsheets) data-entry routines were built, well integrated within an underlying central
A first release of
Further, all
Checks on technical and logical correctness of the data were implemented by the data entry tools, including around 50 '
This thorough review procedure makes
To optimise the use and implementation of a uniform and correct nomenclature, a cross-referencing of the
By evaluating team structure and procedures (data-entry, validation, updating, etc.), clear definitions of roles of users and user-groups in relation to the taxonomic classification were established, including ownership and read/write privileges. In addition, guidelines on common data exchange formats and codes have been issued (see also Suppl. material
Species and subspecies distributions in
The focus is on species (or subspecies) of European multicellular animals of land and freshwater environments. Species in brackish waters, occupying the marine/freshwater or marine/terrestrial transition zones, are generally excluded.
Mediterranean and Arctic Islands Latitude; Atlantic Ocean (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and Ural Longitude.
The
This data paper covers the
Some recent changes in the classification of
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In the very last phase of the
Many people have generously shared their expertise and contributed to the checklist by supplying miscellaneous taxonomic and/or faunistic data to one or more of the taxonomic specialists. This input is highly appreciated, and the contributors are here listed in alphabetical order: S. Andersen (Copenhagen), H. Andersson (Lund), M. Báez (La Laguna), V. Beschovski (Sofia), R.M. Blackith (Dublin), Javier Blasco-Zumeta (Zaragoza), R. Contreras-Lichtenberg (Vienna), R. Danielsson (Lund), M. Dempewolf (Amsterdam), J.A. Dils (Hoevenen), R.H.L. Disney (Cambridge), A. Draber-Mońko (Warszawa), P. Dyte (Datchet), A. Freidberg (Tel Aviv), P. Gatt (Rabat), D. González-Mora (Madrid), I. Grichanov (St Petersburg), P. Grootaert (Brussels), M.J.R. Hall (London), B. Herting (Stuttgart), J. Ismay (Oxford), T. Jonassen (Stjernarøy), I. MacGowan (Battleby), H. Meuffels (Vilt), H. Meyer (Kiel), B. Mocek (Hradec Králové), J.E. O'Hara (Ottawa), J. Olejnicek (Ceské Budejovice), L. Papp (Budapest), C. Parvu (Bucharest), R. Richet (Boulogne-sur-mer), A.I. Shatalkin (Moscow), L.E.N. Sijstermans (Amsterdam), J.H. Skevington (Ottawa), A. Stark (Halle/Saale), K. Szpila (Toruń), A.G.B. Thomas (Toulouse), M. Vandenbosch (Tervuren), D. Ventura Peréz (Barcelona), Yu.G. Verves (Kiev), D. Whitmore (London).
Fauna Europaea was funded by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributed to the Support for Research Infrastructures work programme with Thematic Priority Biodiversity (EVR1-1999-20001) for a period of four years (1 March 2000 - 1 March 2004), including a short 'NAS extension', allowing EU candidate accession countries to participate. Follow-up support was given by the EC-FP5 EuroCAT project (EVR1-CT-2002-20011), by the EC-FP6 ENBI project (EVK2-CT-2002-20020), by the EC-FP6 EDIT project (GCE 018340), by the EC-FP7 PESI project (RI-223806) and by the EC-FP7 ViBRANT project (RI-261532). Continuing management and hosting of the Fauna Europaea services was supported by the University of Amsterdam (Zoological Museum Amsterdam) and SARA/Vancis. Recently the hosting of Fauna Europaea is taken over by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, supported by the EC-FP7 EU BON project (grant agreement №308454).
Taxonomic specialists per family for
TAXONOMY | EUROPE | |||
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FAMILY | SPECIALIST(S) | DATABASED SPECIES (Fauna Europaea) | TOTAL RECORDED SPECIES (information-gap) | TOTAL ESTIMATED SPECIES (knowledge-gap) |
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Andrey L. Ozerov | 3 | 3 | 3-4 |
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Emilia P. Nartshuk | 34 | 34 | 34 |
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Michel Martinez | 906 | 910 | >1200 |
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Verner Michelsen | 508 | 508 | 570 |
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Jindřich Roháček | 28 | 32 | 35 |
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Fritz Geller-Grimm | 524 | 584 | • |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 18 | 21 | 24 |
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Milan Chvála | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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David J. Greathead [deceased] — Neal Evenhuis [follow-up] | 335 | 335 | 355 |
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Andrzej J. Woznica | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Knut Rognes | 114 | 115 | 130 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Peter J. Chandler | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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Wayne N. Mathis | 4 | 5 | 8 |
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Andrej L. Ozerov | 39 | 46 | 55 |
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Stephen D. Gaimari | 107 | 109 | 128 |
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Andrzej J. Woznica | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Emilia P. Nartshuk | 394 | 412 | 475 |
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Martin John Ebejer | 59 | 64 | 74 |
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Jindřich Roháček & Bernhard Merz | 14 | 14 | 15 |
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Andrzej J. Woźnica | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Rudolf Meier | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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David K. Clements | 84 | 84 | 90 |
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Emilia P. Nartshuk | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Peter J. Chandler | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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Rudolf Meier | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Marc Pollet | 773 | 796 | 900 |
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Gerhard Bächli | 121 | 122 | • |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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Milan Chvála | 816 | 860 | • |
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Tadeusz Zatwarnicki | 337 | 340 | 340 |
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Adrian C. Pont | 83 | • | • |
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Rudolf Meier | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Andrzej J. Woznica | 150 | 152 | 165 |
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Rudolf Meier | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Thomas Pape — Christian Kehlmaier [follow-up] | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Frederik T. Petersen | 30 | 30 | • |
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Milan Chvála | 442 | 470 | • |
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Bernhard Merz | 157 | • | • |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá — Thomas Pape [follow-up] | 96 | 102 | 110 |
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Miroslav Barták | 13 | 11 | 11 |
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Andrej L. Ozerov | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Andrej L. Ozerov | 22 | 22 | 25 |
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Milan Chvála | 17 | 20 | • |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 43 | 45 | 48 |
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Adrian C. Pont | 572 | • | • |
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David J. Greathead [deceased] — Torsten Dikow [follow-up] | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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David J. Greathead [deceased] — Neal Evenhuis [follow-up] | 30 | 32 | 70 |
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Martin John Ebejer | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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David J. Greathead [deceased] — Torsten Dikow [follow-up] | 13 | 13 | 15 |
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Karel Hůrka [deceased] — Mihály Földvári [follow-up] | 15 | 16 | 20 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Thomas Pape | 22 | 22 | 22 |
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Peter J. Chandler | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Jan-Willem van Zuijlen | 33 | 33 | 36 |
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Bernhard Merz — Miguel Carles-Tolrá [follow-up] | 23 | 23 | 24 |
Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 6 | 7 | 9 | |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Gisela Weber & Sabine Prescher | 656 | • | >1500 |
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Andrey L. Ozerov | 29 | 31 | 35 |
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Marc de Meyer — Christian Kehlmaier [follow-up] | 200 | 205 | 230 |
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Peter J. Chandler | 43 | 45 | 53 |
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Valery A. Korneyev | 21 | 21 | 25 |
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Bernhard Merz — Miguel Carles-Tolrá [follow-up] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Thomas Pape | 47 | 49 | 55 |
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Bernhard Merz — Valery A. Korneyev [follow-up] | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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József Majer | 85 | 85 | 90 |
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Thomas Pape | 45 | 48 | 55 |
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Thomas Pape | 309 | • | 350 |
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Herman de Jong | 158 | • | • |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 16 | 16 | 18 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 136 | 138 | 145 |
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Rudolf Meier | 48 | 45 | 50 |
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Jindřich Roháček | 257 | 260 | >270 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 141 | 140 | 145 |
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Karel Hůrka [deceased] — Mihály Földvári [follow-up] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Thomas Pape | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Martin C. D. Speight | 829 | 875 | 950 |
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Milan Chvála | 213 | 220 | • |
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Hans-Peter Tschorsnig | 877 | 897 | 920 |
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Jindřich Roháček | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Valery A. Korneyev | 267 | 267 | 275 |
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Lorenzo Munari | 34 | 33 | 34 |
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Kevin C. Holston | 99 | 102 | 120 |
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Andrzej J. Woznica | 26 | 27 | 40 |
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Elena P. Kameneva & Lita Greve-Jensen | 106 | 106 | 114 |
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Thomas Pape — Christian Kehlmaier [follow-up] | 9 | 9 | 25 |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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Rudolf Rozkosny | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Changes in group coordinatorship and taxonomic specialists for
FAMILY NAME | EXPERTS VERSIONS 1 & 2 (current) | Comment | EXPERTS VERSION 3 (future) | Comment |
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Deceased | Neal L. Evenhuis | |
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Deceased | Torsten Dikow | |
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Deceased | Neal L. Evenhuis | |
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Karel Hůrka ( |
Deceased | Mihály Földvári | |
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Karel Hůrka ( |
Deceased | Mihály Földvári | |
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Frederik T. Petersen | Resigned | Thomas Pape | |
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Miguel Carles-Tolrá | Resigned | Iain MacGowan | |
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Bernhard Merz | Resigned | Stephen D. Gaimari | |
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Bernhard Merz | Resigned | Miguel Carles-Tolrá | |
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Bernhard Merz | Resigned | Miguel Carles-Tolrá | |
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Bernhard Merz | Resigned | Valery A. Korneyev | |
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Thomas Pape | Resigned | Christian Kehlmaier | |
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Thomas Pape | Resigned | Christian Kehlmaier | |
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Marc de Meyer | Resigned | Christian Kehlmaier | |
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Jindřich Roháček & Bernhard Merz | BM Resigned | Jindřich Roháček | |
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Elena P. Kameneva & Lita Greve-Jensen | LGJ Resigned | Elena P. Kameneva | |
Paul Beuk (version 2) | Resigned | Thomas Pape | Group Coordinatorship |
Associated Specialists for
TAXONOMIC GROUP or GEOGRAPHIC AREA | SPECIALIST |
<Norway> | Lita Greve-Jensen |
<Spain>, <Portugal>, <Andorra> | Miguel Carles-Tolrá |
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Anatole I. Shatalkin |
Neal L. Evenhuis | |
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Christer Bergström |
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Pierfilippo Cerretti |
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Vera Richter [deceased] |
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Zdravko Hubenov |
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Theo Zeegers |
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Chris Raper |
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Cezary Bystrowski |
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Joachim Ziegler |
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Jaromír Vaňhara |
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Guy Van de Weyer |
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Vitali N. Tanasijtshuk |
Fauna Europaea Guidelines for Group Coordinators and Taxonomic Specialists
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FaEu
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Vera Andreevna Richter short obituary
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