Revision of the dung beetle genus Temnoplectron Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeini)

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 253-298

  Reid, C A M ^a,b   Storey, R I ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coleoptera; New Guinea; Scarabaeidae; Temnoplectron

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; TEMNOPLECTRON ATROPOLITUM; TEMNOPLECTRON BOUCOMONTI; TEMNOPLECTRON COOKI; TEMNOPLECTRON FINNIGANI; TEMNOPLECTRON HEURNI; TEMNOPLECTRON HOWDENI; TEMNOPLECTRON LAEVIGATUM; TEMNOPLECTRON LEWISENSE; TEMNOPLECTRON MAJOR; TEMNOPLECTRON MONTEITHI; TEMNOPLECTRON POLITULUM; TEMNOPLECTRON REYI; TEMNOPLECTRON WAREO;

EID: 0034443325     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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