Morphological, molecular and ecological evidence of a new Euro-Anatolian species of the Meligethes coracinus complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-385

  Audisio, P ^a   De Biase, A ^a   Antonini, G ^a   Belfiore, C ^b   Oliverio, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CORACINUS; ERYSIMUM; HESPERIS MATRONALIS; MELIGETHES CORACINUS; MELIGETHES STEPHENS; NITIDULIDAE; SINAPIS; SISYMBRIUM;

EID: 0034410322     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631200X00426     Document Type: Article

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