Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

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Volumn 157, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-130

  Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran ^a   Chaboo, Caroline Simmrita ^b  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusiaceae; Garcinia; India; Leaf beetles; Pest; Podontia congregata

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; BLEPHARIDA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CLUSIACEAE; COLEOPTERA; ENCYRTIDAE; GALERUCINAE; GARCINIA; GARCINIA GUMMI-GUTTA; HYMENOPTERA; OOENCYRTUS; PENTATOMIDAE; PODONTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84856468042     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.157.1472     Document Type: Article

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