Digestive System

Encyclopedia of Insects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 274-280

  Terra, Walter R ^a   Ferreira, Clélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84882872540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374144-8.00083-7     Document Type: Chapter

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