A new exceptional Meligethes of the M. aeneus species-group from Western Alps and an updated key to identification of M. aeneus and allied species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Audisio, P ^a   De Biase, A ^a   Antonini, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; MELIGETHES ASPERRIMUS; MELIGETHES FLAVIMANUS; MELIGETHES GRACILIS; MELIGETHES SALVAN; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0038335498     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631203788964854     Document Type: Review

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