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Functions of antennae and palpi in the mating behaviour of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M. Mpho*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
W.D. Seabrook
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
*
*Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana Fax: 267 356 591 E-mail: Mphom@mopipi.ub.bw

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