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Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in northeastern and southeastern Brazil

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Fiaboe, Komi K. M., Gondim, Manoel G. C., De, Gilberto J., O, Callistus K. P. (2007): Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in northeastern and southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1395: 33-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175339

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