Oviposition behavior, guilds, host relationships and new host and distribution records for the genus merobruchus bridwell (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Dan Johnson, Clarence ^a   Siemens, David H ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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