Strepsiptera and triungula in Cretaceous amber

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Grimaldi, David ^a   Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney ^b   Schawaroch, Valerie ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; RHIPIPHORIDAE; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 18144370852     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631205788912787     Document Type: Article

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