Mediterranean black fig fly, Silba adipata McAlpine (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), recorded from South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-384

  Giliomee, J H ^a   Venter, E ^b   Wohlfarter, M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Alternafruit SA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LONCHAEIDAE; SILBA ADIPATA;

EID: 35649024250     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-15.2.383     Document Type: Article

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