Larval morphology of the meloe subgenus mesomeloe: Inferences on its phylogenetic position and a first instar larval key to the meloe subgenera (coleoptera, meloidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-344

  di Giulio, Andrea ^a   Bologna, Marco Alberto ^a   Pinto, John Darwin ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera Meloidae; First instar larva; Meloe; Systematics

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; MELOE; MELOIDAE;

EID: 0036935645     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356479     Document Type: Article

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