FEEDING AND SIBLICIDAL CANNIBALISM IN A MALE PARASITIC WASP (HYMENOPTERA: EULOPHIDAE)
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عنوان ژورنال: Florida Entomologist
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0015-4040,1938-5102
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[135:fascia]2.0.co;2