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Some of the glossary definitions were adapted from the E-Fauna BC Insect Glossary and from Froeschner 1996Froeschner 1996:
Froeschner, R. C. 1996. Lace bug genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1ndash;43..
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Authors: S.M. Krishnankutty, J.L. Scher
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