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Seed-feeding beetles of the weevil tribe Mecysolobini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) developing in seeds of trees in the Dipterocarpaceae

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Lyal, C. H. C., Curran, L. M. (2000): Seed-feeding beetles of the weevil tribe Mecysolobini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) developing in seeds of trees in the Dipterocarpaceae. Journal of Natural History 34 (9): 1743-1847, DOI: 10.1080/00222930050122165, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930050122165

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