Broad-headed bugs (alydidae)

Heteroptera of Economic Importance

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 321-336

  Panizzi, Antônio R ^b   Schaefer, Carl W ^a   Natuhara, Yosihiro ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420041859     Document Type: Chapter

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