Intergeneric associations of stizopinid tenebrionids relative to their geographical distribution (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini: Stizopina)

African Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Rasa, O A E ^a   Endrody Younga S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cleptoparasite; Distribution; Intergeneric association; Microhabitat; Stizopina; Subsociality; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345055838     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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