Generic classification of the tribe Platynotini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with notes on phylogeny

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-149

  Iwan, Dariusz ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Coleoptera; Entomology; New genera; Phylogeny; Platykochius; Platynotini; Pseudoselinus; Taxonomy; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

ALAETRINUS; ANCHOPHTHALMUS; EURYNOTUS PUNCTATOSTRIATUS; MONODIUS; ONCOTIPHALLOPS; PLATYKOCHIUS; PSEUDOSELINUS; SELINUS PLATESSA;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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