Critique of the article "collembola (Springtails) (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Entognatha) found in scrapings from individuals diagnosed with delusory parasitosis"

Entomological News

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-540

  Christiansen, Kenneth A ^a   Bernard, Ernest C ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 62149148554     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3157/0013-872X-119.5.537     Document Type: Article

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