Australytta, a new blister beetle genus from Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Bologna, Marco A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALYTTA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTTA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 0242573044     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2003.10697369     Document Type: Article

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