Adaptation of the mouthparts in some subterranean Cholevinae (Coleoptera, Leiodidae)

Natura Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Moldovan, Oana Teodora ^a   Jalžić, Branko ^b   Erichsen, Egil ^c  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cave beetles; Cholevinae; Mouthparts; Scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

COLEOPTERA; GALEA; LEIODIDAE;

EID: 2642550685     PISSN: 13300520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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