Phylogeny of the water strider genus Aquarius Schellenberg (Heteroptera: Gerridae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-90

  Damgaard, Jakob ^a   Andersen, Nils Møller ^a   Sperling, Felix A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS; AQUARIUS CONFORMIS; AQUARIUS NAJAS; AQUARIUS NEBULARIS; AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; GERRIS LACUSTRIS; GERRIS PINGREENSIS; GIGANTOMETRA GIGAS; HETEROPTERA; LIMNOPORUS ESAKII; LIMNOPORUS RUFOSCUTELLATUS; NAJAS; NEARCTIC;

EID: 0034370041     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00327     Document Type: Article

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