Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): Evidence from larval stages

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-112

  Rotheray, Graham ^a   Gilbert, Francis ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aschiza; Behaviour; Cladistics; Evolution; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ASCHIZA; DIPTERA; EUMERUS; LONCHOPTERIDAE; PHORIDAE; PIPUNCULIDAE; PLATYPEZIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; SYRPHIDAE; VOLUCELLA;

EID: 0033247216     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01305.x     Document Type: Article

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