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A comparison of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) inhabiting natural habitats and experimental mesocosms at the University of Mississippi Field Station

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Pages 76-84 | Received 01 Sep 2019, Accepted 23 Dec 2019, Published online: 30 Jan 2020

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