Immature Stages and Breeding Sites of Some Neotropical Saprophagous Syrphids (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0013-8746,0013-8746
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0458:isabso]2.0.co;2