Biology of the Mantispidae

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 175-194

  Redborg, Kurt E ^a  

^a Department of Business Administration and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg predator; Egg sac; Neuroptera; Phoresy; Spider

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031890471     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.175     Document Type: Review

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