Rediscovering an extraordinary vanishing bug: Llaveia axin axin

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 338-346

  Suazo Ortuño, Ireri ^a   Del Val De Gortari, Ek ^b   Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aje; Insects in human cultures; Margarodidae; Mexico; Scale insects; Tropical dry forests; Useful insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877762902     PISSN: 18703453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7550/rmb.31286     Document Type: Article

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