Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)
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Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Entomology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1210-5759,1802-8829
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2012.019