The Oriental fruit fly
- PAR ID:
- 10474182
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Systematic Entomology
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0307-6970
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 279-293
- Size(s):
- p. 279-293
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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