A new genus of terrestrial Mesoveliidae from the Seychelles (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha)

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-21

  Andersen, Nils Møller ^a   Polhemus, Dan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoveliidae; New genus; New species; Seychelles; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

GERROMORPHA; HEMIPTERA; HYGROBIA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOVELIIDAE; SEYCHELLOVELIA HYGROBIA;

EID: 0041738883     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2003)111[0012:ANGOTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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