Apioceridae (Insecta: Diptera): Cladistic reappraisal and biogeography

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-301

  Yeates, David K ^a,c   Irwin, Michael E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diptera; Morphology; Mydidae

Indexed keywords

APIOCERA; APIOCERIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MYDIDAE; RHAPHIOMIDAS; RHAPHIOMIDINAE;

EID: 0030525720     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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