Morphological and taxonomical novelties in the world's smallest beetles, and the first Old World record of Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-283

  Sorensson, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; POLYPORACEAE; PTILIIDAE; STAPHYLINOIDEA;

EID: 0346539412     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1997.d01-40.x     Document Type: Article

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