New species of flightless Trogidae from South African relict forest fragments

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-186

  Van Der Merwe, Y ^a   Scholtz, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROGIDAE;

EID: 18144421222     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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