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Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico
By Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom
Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing), 1993
ISBN: 0-8014-2623-5
Cite: 380758 with citation markup [cite:380758]
571 pages of keys, range maps, host associations, illustrations, and other information about North American fruit flies (native and introduced).

The extensive illustrations include arrows calling out the diagnostic features in each.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 31 March, 2010 - 8:21pm
Last updated 8 April, 2010 - 2:56pm

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