An allometric analysis of ontogenetic changes (variation) in the cranial morphology of larvae of Agabus disintegratus (Crotch) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-360

  Brannen, Devon ^a   Barman, E H ^b   Wall, William P ^b  

^a Parsons Brinckerhoff   (United States)

^b GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; CRANIUM; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

AGABUS DISINTEGRATUS; COLEOPTERA; CRANIA; DYTISCIDAE; MATUS BICARINATUS;

EID: 33745523107     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/779.1     Document Type: Article

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