An illustrated identification key to four different species of adult Dinoderus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), commonly attacking dried cassava chips in West Africa

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-252

  Schäfer, Kerstin ^a,b   Goergen, Georg ^b   Borgemeister, Christian ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Bostrichidae; D. minutus; D. oblongopunctatus; D. porcellus; Dinoderus bifoveolatus; Stored products; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINODERUS; DINODERUS BIFOVEOLATUS; DINODERUS MINUTUS; DINODERUS OBLONGOPUNCTATUS; DINODERUS PORCELLUS;

EID: 0342748400     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(99)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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