A new beetle, Afrocupes firmae gen. et sp. nov. (Permocupedidae), from the late Palaeozoic Whitehill Formation of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 497-499

  Geertsema, H ^a   Van Den Heever, J A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROCUPES FIRMAE;

AFROCUPES FIRMAE; BEETLE; INSECT; PERMIAN; PERMOCUPEDIDAE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030301026     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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