Larval morphology of Agabetes Crotch (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): The hypothesis of sister-group relationship with the subfamily Laccophilinae revisited

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 547-567

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Spangler, P J ^b   Steiner, Jr ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY;

ADEPHAGA; AGABETES; AGABETES ACUDUCTUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; LACCOPHILINAE; SPINULA;

EID: 0036958983     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0547:LMOACC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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