Larval morphology of the Neotropical genus Epispasta (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-671

  Di Giulio, Andrea ^a   Pinto, John D ^b   Bologna, Marco A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHORESY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 32044458196     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N04-105     Document Type: Article

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