Larvae of Stictonectes Brinck: Generic characteristics, description of S. canariensis Machado, and analysis of phylogenetic relationships with other genera of the tribe Hydroporini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-139

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Nilsson, Anders N ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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