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Identification of Nymphal Instars of Mecidea major Sailer and Mecidea minor Ruckes(Hemiptera:Heteroptera:Pentatomidae:Mecideini)fromtheSouthwestern and Central United States

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL 62901, USA
  • 2. Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA cbundy@nmsu.edu, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0385-6763

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Mcpherson, J. E., Bundy, C. Scott (2021): Identification of Nymphal Instars of Mecidea major Sailer and Mecidea minor Ruckes(Hemiptera:Heteroptera:Pentatomidae:Mecideini)fromtheSouthwestern and Central United States. Zootaxa 4958 (1): 479-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.28

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