The species of Leucopis, subgenus Leucopella Malloch (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), from northeastern Africa and Yemen

African Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-264

  Gaimari, S D ^a   Raspi, A ^b  

^a Plant Pest Diagnostics Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Arabian Peninsula; Biology; Coccoidea; Diptera; Great Rift Valley; Leucopella; Leucopis; New species; Predator

Indexed keywords

CHAMAEMYIIDAE; COCCOIDEA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCOPIS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0038025860     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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