Nyctibora acaciana (Blattellidae: Nyctiborinae), a new species of cockroach from Central America that oviposits on ant-acacias

Transactions of the American Entomological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-283

  Deans, Andrew R ^a   Roth, Louis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NYCTIBORA; PSEUDOMYRMEX; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0141425806     PISSN: 00028320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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