Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-240

  Gaimari, Stephen D ^a,b   Irwin, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asiloidea; Beringia; Cladistics; Laurasia; Morphology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ASILOIDEA; BREVIPERNA; CYCLOTELUS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; OZODICEROMYIA; THEREVIDAE; THEREVINAE;

EID: 0034348610     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00012.x     Document Type: Article

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