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Redescription of Cadrema pallida var. bilineata (de Meijere, 1904) (Diptera: Chloropidae) and its role as pollinator and carrion feeder from Indian Sunderbans



Sankarsan Roy, Susanta Kumar Chakraborty, Panchanan Parui, Udipta Chakraborti, Olive Biswas, Bulganin Mitra

Abstract

Sunderbans, the UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the largest mangrove forests in the World. This unique tidal halophytic mangrove ecosystem is also spread over the neighbouring country- Bangladesh. This ecosystem supports a variety of halophytic mangrove species and provides shelter and food to many faunal components.


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    • DOI:10.21276/ambi.2016.03.2.nn01

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