Cuticular hydrocarbon analysis of the aquatic beetle Agabus anthracinus Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 615-629

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Joly, Hélène ^a   Dennie, Danielle ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGABUS ANTHRACINUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031797647     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130615-5     Document Type: Article

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