Knowledge of insect diversity in Brazil: Challenges and advances;Conhecimento da diversidade de insetos no Brasil: Desafi os e avanços

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Rafael, José A ^a   Aguiar, Alexandre P ^b   Amorim, Dalton de S ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entomology; Impact factor; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70949108123     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000500001     Document Type: Article

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