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Responses of male green June beetlesCotinis nitida (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to female volatiles in a flight tunnel

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  1. Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    J. M. Domek

  2. Insect Attractants and Basic Biology Lab, USDA-ARS, 32019, Gainesville, Florida

    J. H. Tumlinson & D. T. Johnson

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Domek, J.M., Tumlinson, J.H. & Johnson, D.T. Responses of male green June beetlesCotinis nitida (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to female volatiles in a flight tunnel. J Insect Behav 3, 271–276 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417918

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