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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Biology and host range testing of Triarthria setipennis and Ocytata pallipes (Diptera: Tachinidae) for the control of the European earwig (Forficula auricularia)

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Pages 447-461 | Received 05 Jun 2015, Accepted 18 Nov 2015, Published online: 13 Jan 2016

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