New data on the nature and origin of colour polymorphism in the spittlebug genus Philaenus (Hemiptera: Aphorophoridae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-42

  Drosopoulos, Sakis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; PHILAENUS; PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS;

EID: 0041738171     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2003.10697360     Document Type: Article

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