Notes on the Aethina complex (Coleopatra: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), with a review of Aethina (Cleidorura) subgen. nov. and Aethina (Idaethina) Gemminger et Harold

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-254

  Kirejtshuk, Alexander G ^a   Lawrence, John F ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aethina; Aethina complex; Coleoptera; Indo Pacific Region; Nitidulidae; Nitidulinae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001373479     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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