J. Green and Miranda Macquitty: Halacarid Mites = Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No 36. Series editors Doris M. Kermack and R. S. K. Barnes.—178 pp., 69 figs., London: Brill/Backhuys 1987. ISBN 90-048196-8. Dfl 60.—; US $ 30; Ł 18.—
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- Book ID
- 102281920
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
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- 69 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-2944
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