A description of the first instar larva of coptotomus interrogatus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Dvtiscidae: Coptotominae) with an emphasis on cranial morphology and comments on the phylogeny of basal lineages of dytiscidae

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 661-671

  Barman, E H ^a  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CRANIUM; EGG; LARVA; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

COLEOPTERA; COLYMBETINAE; COPTOTOMUS INTERROGATUS; DYTISCIDAE; LACCOPHILINAE;

EID: 33745516038     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/712     Document Type: Article

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