Riffle beetles in the genus Stenelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from warm springs in southern Nevada: New species, new status, and a key

Entomological News

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Schmude, Kurt L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STENELMIS CALIDA; STENELMIS LARIVERSI; STENELMIS MOAPA; STENELMIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0033020584     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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