Amazonian chironomidae (Diptera, Chironomidae): A contribution to chironomid research in the Neotropics

Amazoniana

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 313-323

  Fittkau, Ernst Josef ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Chironomidae; Diptera; Neotropis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040968835     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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