Distribution and abundance of Microvelia cavicola polhemus (Heteroptera: Veliidae) on barro Colorado Island, Panama

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-45

  Yanoviak, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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