A contribution to the cytogenetics of the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), a pest of grain crops in Zambia

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-145

  Mbata, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Acanthoplus speiseri; Armoured ground cricket; Cytogenetics; Hetrodinae; Meiosis; Mitosis; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPLUS; NEMOBIINAE; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 29244471589     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IJT200558     Document Type: Article

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