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Pathology and parasitology

First detailed report of infestation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) in Angola by the bee lice Braula coeca (Diptera: Braulidae)

Marisa C. RodriguesDepartamento de Zootecnia, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil; Correspondence[email protected]
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Filipe A. C. SerranoLaboratório de Ecologia, Evolução e Conservação de Anfíbios e Répteis, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8568-678X
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Pages 430-432 | Received 08 May 2018, Accepted 07 Nov 2018, Published online: 08 Jan 2019

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