The basal phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta:Coleoptera) inferred from larval morphology

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-348

  Grebennikov, Vasily V ^a,b   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolboceratidae; Ceratocanthidae; Geotrupidae; Glaphyridae; Hybosoridae; Lucanidae; Passalidae; Pleocomidae; Scarabaeidae; Trogidae

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY;

AGYRTIDAE; APHODIINAE; CERATOCANTHIDAE; CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; DASCILLIDAE; DYNASTINAE; EULICHADIDAE; GEOTRUPIDAE; GLAPHYRIDAE; HELOPHORIDAE; HYBOSORIDAE; INSECTA; LUCANIDAE; MELOLONTHINAE; PASSALIDAE; PLEOCOMIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEOIDEA; TROGIDAE;

EID: 3142623179     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS03013     Document Type: Article

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