Descriptions of the preimaginal stages of Lancetes marginatus (Steinheil) and L. biremis Ríha (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), and comparative notes with other Lancetes larvae

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-142

  Michat, Mariano C ^a,c   Archangelsky, Miguel ^b   Torres, Patricia L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c Laboratorio de Entomologia Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coleoptera; Dytiscidae; Lancetes; Larvae

Indexed keywords

BIREMIS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; INSECTA; LANCETES; LANCETES ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 27644554603     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520500129729     Document Type: Article

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