A checklist of the Odonata of the South-West Province of Cameroon, with the description of Phyllogomphus corbetae spec. nov. (Anisoptera: Gomphidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-256

  Vick, G S ^a  

^a Crossfields   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ELEPHANT; GOMPHIDAE; ODONATA; SOLANUM AETHIOPICUM;

EID: 0032720856     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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