Unisexual broods in the gall midge Cystiphora sonchi (Bremi) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 775-776

  Mcclay, A S ^a  

^a Alberta Environmental Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CYSTIPHORA SONCHI; DIPTERA;

EID: 0029803502     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128775-4     Document Type: Article

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