Phylogenetic relationships and placement of the Empidoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S rDNA and EF-1α sequences

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-444

  Collins, Kenneth P ^a   Wiegmann, Brian M ^b  

^a Fullerton College   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASILOIDEA; ATELESTIDAE; BRACHYCERA; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROPHORINAE; MUSCOMORPHA; OPETIA; OPETIINAE;

EID: 0036983137     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631202X00226     Document Type: Article

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