Predatory habits of dipteran larvae inhabiting Nepenthes pitchers

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-245

  Mogi, M ^a   Chan, K L ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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