A preliminary cladistic analysis of Nipponoserica, with implications for phylogenetic relationships among sericine chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-279

  Ahrens, Dirk ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyptery; Cladistic analysis; Himalaya; Nipponoserica; Sericine chafers

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPTERA; COLEOPTERA; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 24944450252     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001751     Document Type: Article

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