Morphology of the minute larva of Ptinella tenella, with special reference to effects of miniaturisation and the systematic position of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-172

  Grebennikov, Vasily V ^a,b   Beutel, Rolf G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Chaetotaxy; Larvae; Miniaturisation; Phylogeny; Ptiliidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PTINELLA TENELLA;

AGYRTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALEA; HYDRAENIDAE; LEIODIDAE; PTILIIDAE; PTINELLA; STAPHYLINOIDEA; TENTORIUM;

EID: 0038753904     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1467-8039(02)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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