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Original Articles

Polymorphism in the deutonymph and adult of Sennertia alfkeni (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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Pages 1361-1384 | Received 05 Jun 2007, Accepted 12 Sep 2007, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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