Bulletin of Insectology
Vol. LXI (1) June 2008
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Liesel Brenda Gende, Ignazio Floris, Rosalia Fritz, Martin Javier Eguaras
Antimicrobial activity of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) essential oil and its main components against Paenibacillus larvae from Argentine
pages 1-4 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Aurélie Ferrer, Anthony F. G. Dixon, Jean-Louis Hemptinne
Prey preference of ladybird larvae and its impact on larval mortality, some life-history traits of adults and female fitness
pages 5-10 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Theodore M. B. Munyuli, Samuel Kyamanywa, Gregory C. Luther
Effects of groundnut genotypes, cropping systems and insecticides on the abundance of native arthropod predators from Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo
pages 11-19 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Olumuyiwa Temitope Omotoso
Efficacy of extracts of some aromatic medicinal plants on cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus maculatus in storage
pages 21-24 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Constantinos Souliotis, Theodoros Moschos
Effectiveness of some pesticides against Cacopsylla pyri and impact on its predator Anthocoris nemoralis in pear-orchards
pages 25-30 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Fabio Macchioni, Tiziana Siciliano, Marta Magi, Francesca Cecchi, Pier Luigi Cioni, Alessandra Braca
Activity of aqueous extract of Panax notoginseng flower buds against Aedes albopictus larvae and pupae
pages 31-35 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Gustavo Ferreira Martins, José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrăo
Spermatheca morphology of the social wasp Polistes erythrocephalus
pages 37-41 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Raf M. J. De Vis, Joop C. van Lenteren
Biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum by Encarsia formosa on tomato in unheated greenhouses in the high altitude tropics
pages 43-57 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Jaroslav Holuša, Jan Lubojacký
Occurrence, bionomy and harmfulness of the sawfly Pachynematus (Pikonema) scutellatus in the eastern Czech Republic
pages 59-66 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Florian Weihrauch
Overwintering of common green lacewings in hibernation shelters in the Hallertau hop growing area
pages 67-71 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Jürgen Deuschle, Erich Glück
Similarity of ground beetle communities of extensively managed orchards depending on management regimes
pages 73-80 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Eric W. Riddick, Ashli E. Brown, Kamlesh R. Chauhan
Harmonia axyridis adults avoid catnip and grapefruit-derived terpenoids in laboratory bioassays
pages 81-90 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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Stefano Maini
Editorial
pages 91-92 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008
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4th European Hemiptera Congress (4th EHC)
Ivrea (Turin, Italy) - September 10-14, 2007

 

Alberto Alma
Welcome address
page 94 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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History
pages 95-105

 

Michael R. Wilson, Maureen Lazarus
“Fuchsia and Fulgora” – an overlooked plate from the Encyclopedia Londinensis
pages 95-96 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Carl W. Schaefer, John D. Lattin, Michael D. Schwartz
The first New World representative of Chorosoma: a contribution in honour of Michail Josifov
page 97 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Sakis Drosopoulos, Anna Maryańska-Nadachowska, Valentina G. Kuznetsova
Additional new data proving that early publications on the polymorphism of the spittlebug of the genus Philaenus were lacking in systematics
pages 99-100 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Alessandrina Moro Arzone, Alberto Alma, Peter John Mazzoglio
Carlo Vidano’s work on Auchenorrhyncha
pages 101-102 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Rinaldo Nicoli Aldini
Apis amphibia, Cicada, Cimex, Cimices sylvestres, Tipulae… The insects now known as Hemiptera, in Ulisse Aldrovandi’s De Animalibus Insectis (1602)
pages 103-105 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Paleontology

pages 107-112

 

Thierry Bourgoin, Jacek Szwedo
The ‘cixiid-like’ fossil planthopper families
pages 107-108 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Jacek Szwedo
Achilidae from the Eocene Baltic amber
pages 109-110 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Jacek Szwedo
Paradise Lost? – Cretaceous and Palaeogene diversification of planthoppers and leafhoppers
pages 111-112 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Taxonomy and systematics

pages 113-136

 

Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Christopher H. Dietrich
Rapid taxonomic revisions using Internet-integrated relational databases: an example using Erythroneura (sensu lato)
pages 113-114 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Adeline Soulier-Perkins
COOL: a systematic database dedicated to Cercopoidea
pages 115-116 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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David Ouvrard, Daniel Burckhardt
Molecular phylogeny of psyllids: implications for the classification
page 117 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Vladimir M. Gnezdilov
To the taxonomy of higher Fulgoroidea
pages 119-120 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Werner E. Holzinger, Holger Löcker, Birgit Löcker
Fulgoromorpha of Seychelles: a preliminary checklist
pages 121-122 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Matija Gogala, Sakis Drosopoulos, Tomi Trilar
Present status of mountain cicadas Cicadetta montana (sensu lato) in Europe
pages 123-124 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Giuseppe Cocuzza, Vincenzo Cavalieri, Sebastiano Barbagallo
Preliminary results in the taxonomy of the cryptic group Aphis frangulae/gossypii obtained from mitochondrial DNA sequence
pages 125-126 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Michael R. Wilson, James Turner
Imaging the world’s sharpshooter leafhoppers
pages 127-128 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Ondřej Balvín
Revision of the West Palaearctic Cimex species. Preliminary report
pages 129-130 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Igor Malenovský, Daniel Burckhardt
Taxonomy of the Afrotropical Phacopteronidae
pages 131-132 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Anna Maryańska-Nadachowska, Valentina G. Kuznetsova, Sakis Drosopoulos, Dorota Lachowska-Cierlik
A chromosomal analysis of eight Mediterranean species of Philaenus
pages 133-134 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Anna Maryańska-Nadachowska, Dorota Lachowska-Cierlik, Sakis Drosopoulos, Łukasz Kajtoch, Valentina G. Kuznetsova
A preliminary genetic study of Mediterranean species of Philaenus based on COI and ITS2 DNA sequences
pages 135-136 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Faunistics and zoogeography

pages 137-162

 

Pavel Štys
Zoogeography of Enicocephalomorpha (Heteroptera)
pages 137-138 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Barbara L. Ingegno, Marta Goula, Paolo Navone, Luciana Tavella
Distribution and host plants of the genus Dicyphus in the Alpine valleys of NW Italy
pages 139-140 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Dariusz Swierczewski, Waclaw Wojciechowski
Auchenorrhyncha communities of sandy and limestone grasslands of the Czestochowa upland (southern Poland)
pages 141-142 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Rosemarie Tedeschi, Pavel Lauterer, Luca Bertignono, Alberto Alma
Hawthorn psyllid fauna in northwestern Italy
pages 143-144 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Costanza Jucker, Ambra Quacchia, Mario Colombo, Alberto Alma
Hemiptera recently introduced into Italy
pages 145-146 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Václav Čermák, Pavel Lauterer
Overwintering of psyllids in South Moravia (Czech Republic) with respect to the vectors of the apple proliferation cluster phytoplasmas
pages 147-148 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Marta Goula, Júlia Vendrell, Toni Monleón
Heteroptera study in a Pyrenees valley in Catalonia (Spain)
pages 149-150 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Adalgisa Guglielmino, Christoph Bückle
Contribution to the knowledge on the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of the Tuscanian-Emilian Apennines
pages 151-152 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Rinaldo Nicoli Aldini, Emanuele Mazzoni, Nicola Mori, Mariangela Ciampitti
On the distribution in Italy of the Nearctic hopper Acanalonia conica, with ecological notes
pages 153-154 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Dora Aguin-Pombo, Carlos Freitas, Pedro A. Alvaréz, Thierry Bourgoin
A bibliographic catalogue of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha of North East Spain (Aragon)
pages 155-156 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Teemu Rintala, Guy Söderman
The Finnish Hemiptera Recording Scheme
pages 157-158 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Roma Durak, Izabela Sadowska-Woda, Annie Machordom, Beata Borowiak-Sobkowiak
Biological and genetic studies of Polish population of Cinara tujafilina
pages 159-160 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Chiara Sartor, Stefano Demichelis, José Luis Cenis, Amadou K. Coulibaly, Domenico Bosco
Genetic variability of Bemisia tabaci in the Mediterranean and Sahel Regions
pages 161-162 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Morphophysiology and bioethology

pages 163-179

 

Alice Exnerová, Kateřina Svádová, Petra Fousová, Eva Fučíková, Dana Ježová, Aneta Niederlová, Michala Kopečková, Pavel Štys
European birds and aposematic Heteroptera: review of comparative experiments
pages 163-165 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Jolanta Brożek
Morphology and arrangement of the labial sensilla of the water bugs
pages 167-168 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Vera D’Urso, Dagmar Chiarenza
Preliminary notes on the external proprioceptor organs of Cicadomorpha
pages 169-170 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Miroslav Papáček
Esakiella - the genus with the most ancestral ovipositor within the Helotrephinae
pages 171-172 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Elena Pedroni, Lara Maistrello, Paola Boldrini, Anna Micciarelli Sbrenna, Giovanni Sbrenna
Metathoracic scent glands in female adults of Arocatus melanocephalus
pages 173-175 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Pavlína Suchá, Miroslav Papáček
Overwintering corixid assemblages: structure and sexual maturity
pages 177-178 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Karina Wieczorek
Anatomical investigations of the male reproductive system of selected species of Macrosiphini
page 179 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Bioacoustics

pages 181-188

 

Jernej Polajnar, Andrej Čokl
The effect of noise on sexual behaviour of the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula
pages 181-182 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Alenka Žunič, Meta Virant Doberlet, Andrej Čokl
Preference of the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) males for female calling song parameters
pages 183-184 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Tomi Trilar, Thomas Hertach
Three species of Mountain Cicadas Cicadetta montana (sensu lato) found in northern Italy
pages 185-186 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Valerio Mazzoni, Andrea Lucchi, Janez Prešern, Meta Virant-Doberlet
Vibrational communication and other behavioural traits in Scaphoideus titanus
pages 187-188 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Agricultural pests

pages 189-206

 

Patrizia Vaccino, Loredana Guidone, Maria Corbellini, Luciana Tavella
Detection of damage due to bug feeding on hazelnut and wheat by biochemical techniques
pages 189-190 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Petra Pavlovčič, Tatjana Kavar, Vladimir Meglič, Meta Virant Doberlet
Genetic population structure and range colonisation of Nezara viridula
pages 191-192 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Chiara Ferracini, Alberto Alma
Arocatus melanocephalus a hemipteran pest on elm in the urban environment
pages 193-194 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Balázs Kiss, Dávid Rédei, Sándor Koczor
Occurrence and feeding of hemipterans on common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in Hungary
pages 195-196 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Luca Picciau, Federico Lessio, Alberto Alma
Preliminary data on the Cixiid fauna of the vineyard agro-ecosystem in Piedmont (North-Western Italy)
pages 197-198 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Federico Lessio, Alberto Alma
Host plants and seasonal presence of Dictyophara europaea in the vineyard agro-ecosystem
pages 199-200 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Gabrijel Seljak
Distribution of Scaphoideus titanus in Slovenia: its new significance after the first occurrence of grapevine “flavescence dorée”
pages 201-202 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Vladimir M. Gnezdilov, Eugeny S. Sugonyaev, Konstantin S. Artokhin
Arboridia kakogawana: a new pest of grapevine in southern Russia
pages 203-204 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Marco G. Pansa, Luciana Tavella
Aphid population dynamics on highbush blueberry in relation to the spread of Blueberry scorch virus in Piedmont (NW Italy)
pages 205-206 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Natural enemies

pages 207-211

 

Loredana Guidone, Laura Loru, Piera M. Marras, Xenia Fois, Roberto A. Pantaleoni, Luciana Tavella
Predatory bugs in hazelnut orchards of Piedmont and Sardinia (Italy)
pages 207-208 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Lara Bosco, Luciana Tavella
Collection of Orius species in horticultural areas of northwestern Italy
pages 209-210 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Adalgisa Guglielmino, Eduardo Virla, Massimo Olmi, Gustavo Moya-Raygoza, Massimo Vollaro
Parasitization behaviour and postembryonic development in the subfamily Gonatopodinae
page 211 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Microbial symbionts and new potential control strategies

pages 213-222

 

Ilaria Negri, Antonella Franchini, Mauro Mandrioli, Peter John Mazzoglio, Alberto Alma
The gonads of Zyginidia pullula males feminized by Wolbachia pipientis
pages 213-214 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Massimo Marzorati, Massimo Pajoro, Emanuela Clementi, Lorenzo Brusetti, Noura Raddadi, Annalisa Balloi, Rosemarie Tedeschi, Silvia Corona, Fabio Quaglino, Piero Attilio Bianco, Claudio Bandi, Luciano Sacchi, Alberto Alma, Daniele Daffonchio
Characterization of the microflora associated to Scaphoideus titanus, the insect vector of the “flavescence dorée”
pages 215-216 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Massimo Pajoro, Massimo Marzorati, Ilaria Negri, Luciano Sacchi, Daniele Daffonchio, Alberto Alma
Investigation over the life cycle of ST1-C the endosymbiont of Scaphoideus titanus
pages 217-218 Bulletin of Insectology 61 (1) 2008 - 4th EHC
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Elena Crotti, Massimo Pajoro, Claudia Damiani, Irene Ricci, Il