Thirteen new Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the genera Boongurrus Larson, Tjirtudessus Watts & Humphreys and Nirripirti Watts and Humphreys, from underground waters in Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-129

  Watts, C H S ^a   Humphreys, W F ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Descriptions; Dytiscidae; New species; Stygobitic; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BOONGURRUS; BULBUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; EURYPLEURON; INVERTEBRATA; NIRRIPIRTI; TJIRTUDESSUS;

EID: 10044246931     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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