Speciation in Darwin's darklings: Taxonomy and evolution of Stomion beetles in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-152

  Finston, Terrie L ^a,b   Peck, Stewart B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cladistics; Cladogram; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FRINGILLIDAE; INSECTA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 2542577165     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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