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Studies on the Nutritional Relationship of Larval Aedes Aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) with Smittium Culisetae (Trichomycetes)

Bruce W. HornDepartment of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas66045
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Robert W. LichtwardtDepartment of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas66045
Pages 724-740 | Accepted 16 Mar 1981, Published online: 12 Sep 2018

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