Revision and phylogeny of Megarthrus Curtis 1829 from New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji (coleoptera staphylinidae proteininae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-137

  Cuccodoro, Giulio ^a  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fiji; Megarthrus; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Phylogeny; Proteininae; Staphylinidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032336549     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1998.10539356     Document Type: Article

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