<i>Eleodes obscurus</i> (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): confirmation of a Canadian population and possible northward expansion from Washington State into British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley

Authors

  • Robert A. Cannings Royal British Columbia Museum 675 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8W 9W2 phone: (250) 356-8242
  • G. G. E. Scudder Department of Zoology University of British Columbia 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Research Associate Royal British Columbia Museum 675 Belleville Street Victoria, BC V8W 9W2

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2009-12-31

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Vol. 106 (2009): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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Scientific Notes

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