Unusual Behaviour — Unusual Morphology: Mutualistic Relationships between Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) andDiaphorina enderleini(Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Associated withVernonia amygdalina(Asteraceae)
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عنوان ژورنال: African Invertebrates
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1681-5556
DOI: 10.5733/afin.052.0210