Larval description, adult feeding behaviour, and phylogenetic placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-493

  Leschen, Richard A B ^a   Newton, Alfred F ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; EUAESTHETINAE; FUNGI; MEGALOPINUS; MEGALOPSIDIINAE; OXYPORINAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; STENINAE; STENUS;

EID: 1142281999     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/586     Document Type: Article

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