Diversity of two beetle taxa at a western Amazonian locality (Coleoptera: Histeridae; Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Carlton, Christopher ^a   Dean, Melissa ^a,b   Tishechkin, Alexey ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECUADOR; NAPO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

COLEOPTERA; HISTERIDAE; INSECTA; PSELAPHINAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 26044474703     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/603     Document Type: Article

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