Larval morphology of genus Lancetes (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): The hypothesis of sister-group relationship with the subfamily Dytiscinae revisited

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-501

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Archangelsky, Miguel ^a   Nilsson, Anders N ^a   Watts, Chris H S ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ADEPHAGA; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; LANCETES; LANCETES LANCEOLATUS; LANCETES NIGRICEPS;

EID: 0036656130     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent134467-4     Document Type: Article

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