Palaeozoic insects of Southern Africa: A review

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 38, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Geertsema, H ^a   van Dijk, D E ^b   van der Heever, J A ^b  

^a Department of Entomology/Nematology ^*  (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fossil insects; KwaZulu Natal; Permian; Western Cape

Indexed keywords

INSECT; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; WING MORPHOLOGY;

KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MECOPTERA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0042510226     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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