Biometric discrimination of the larval instars and sexes of maladera matrida (coleoptera: scarabaeidae: melolonthinae)

Israel Journal of Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 47-52

  Ben Yakir, D ^a   Koren, L ^a   Harari, A R ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Maladera matrida; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005621971     PISSN: 00751243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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