Egg and first instar larval morphology of Prionotolytta binotata (Péringuey, 1888), an endemic southern African species (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-219

  Bologna, M A ^a   Di Giulio, A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; First instar larva; Meloidae; Prionotolytta; Southern Africa; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 0344065821     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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