New records for Euhrychiopsis Lecontei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their densities in Wisconsin lakes

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Jester, Laura L ^a   Bozek, Michael A ^a   Sheldon, Sallie P ^b   Helsel, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 0031396952     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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