Possible morphological and behavioral male mimicry in a Libellulid dragonfly, Erythrodiplax umbrata (L.) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-252

  Paulson, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

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