Description of Sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Species from Genus Sergentomyia (Franca and Parrot, 1920) in Sri Lanka
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Entomology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1812-5670
DOI: 10.3923/je.2012.302.318