Giant Platynus beetle from Panamá (Coleoptera: Carabidae) overturns circum-Caribbean vicariance hypothesis

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-51

  Liebherr, James K ^a   Godwin, William B ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cladistic analysis; Over water dispersal; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; NEW SPECIES; VICARIANCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIRIQUI; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GEOMYIDAE; ORTHOGEOMYS; ORTHOGEOMYS CAVATOR; PLATYNUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 2442508066     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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