The Nasute termites (isoptera : nasutitermitinae) of Papua New Guinea

Invertebrate Taxonomy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-616

  Roisin, Yves ^a   Pasteels, Jacques M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMITINAE;

EID: 0030467702     PISSN: 08180164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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