A review of the New Guinea species of Laccophilus leach 1815 with notes on regional melanism (Coleoptera Dytiscidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-320

  Balke, M ^a   Larson, D J ^b   Hendrich, L ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dytiscidae; Genus Laccophilus; Habitats; Melanism; New Guinea; Regional; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031316257     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539344     Document Type: Article

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