Larval morphology of four genera of Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) with an analysis of their phylogenetic relationships

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-164

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Nilsson, Anders N ^b   Hendrich, Lars ^c   Watts, Chris H S ^d   Balke, Michael ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEPHAGA; AUSTRALPHILUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; LACCOPHILINAE; LACCOPHILUS;

EID: 0034389391     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00354     Document Type: Article

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