Cecidomyiid leaf galls in Palaeocene leaves from north-eastern India

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-47

  Srivastava, Ashwini K ^a   Abbas, S R ^b   Mehrotra, R C ^a   Srivastava, R ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Angiospermous leaf; Insect gall; Upper Palaeocene North east India

Indexed keywords

CECIDOMYIIDAE; HEXAPODA; MANGIFERA; MANGIFERA INDICA; TURA;

EID: 85010521368     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: 20820259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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