New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-76

  Archibald, S Bruce ^a   Makarkin, Vladimir N ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; EOCENE; INSECT; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BEROTHIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROBEROTHA MACCULLOUGHI; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 1842716712     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-043     Document Type: Article

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