The gerrine water striders of Australia (Hemiptera:Gerridae): Taxonomy, distribution and ecology

Invertebrate Taxonomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-299

  Andersen, Nils Møller ^a   Weir, Tom A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POND SKATER; TAXONOMY; WATER STRIDER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYDROMETRA AUSTRALIS; LIMNOGONUS FOSSARUM GILGUY; LIMNOGONUS LUCTUOSUS; LIMNOMETRA CILIODES; LIMNOMETRA POLIAKANTHINA; LIMNOMETRA SKUSEI; LIMNOPTERA CURSITANS; TENAGOGERRIS FEMORATUS; TENAGOGERRIS PALLIDUS; TENAGOGONUS AUSTRALIENSIS;

EID: 0031407122     PISSN: 08180164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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