Jumping across Wallace's line: Allodessus Guignot and Limbodessus Guignot revisited (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini) based on molecular-phylogenetic and morphological data

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-128

  Balke, Michael ^a   Ribera, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allodessus; Australia; Bidessini; Biogeography; Cladistics; Limbodessus; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

ALLODESSUS; ALLODESSUS BISTRIGATUS; ARGENTINA (FISH); BIDESSINI; BIDESSUS; BOONGURRUS; BOONGURRUS RIVULUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYDROPORUS; INSECTA; LIMBODESSUS; LIMBODESSUS COMPACTUS; LIODESSUS; NIRRIDESSUS; NIRRIDESSUS BIGBELLENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS CHALLAENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS CUEENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS FRIDAYWELLENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS HINKLERI; NIRRIDESSUS MASONENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS PINNACLESENSIS; NIRRIDESSUS PULPA; NIRRIDESSUS WINDARRAENSIS; OCEANIA; PAPUADESSUS PAKDJOKO; RIVULUS; TJIRTUDESSUS EBERHARDI; TJIRTUDESSUS MAGNIFICUS; TJIRTUDESSUS RAESIDENSIS;

EID: 2942620085     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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