Protoxenidae fam. nov. (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Baltic amber - A 'missing link' in strepsipteran phylogeny

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-69

  Pohl, Hans ^a   Beutel, Rolf G ^b   Kinzelbach, Ragnar ^a  

^a Inst F Biodiversitatsforschang A   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOXENOS; GALEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MENGENILLIDAE; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 12944262162     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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