Morphological, colour and behavioural mimicry of cuckoo bees by the hoverfly Eumerus tricolor (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Entomologica Fennica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2489-4966,0785-8760
DOI: 10.33338/ef.59459