Waterscorpions (nepidae)

Heteroptera of Economic Importance

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 583-589

  Keffer, Steven L ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84982132170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041859     Document Type: Chapter

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