Melyridae Leach 1815

American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 281-304

  Mayor, Adriean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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