Conservation status of Prodontria (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species in New Zealand

Beetle Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-27

  Barratt, B I P ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; New Zealand; Prodontria; Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956102180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6047-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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