Bioinventory of rhode Island Coleoptera: 45 new records

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-327

  Sikes, Derek S ^a   Webster, Reginald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; NEW RECORD; SPECIES INVENTORY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGONUM DARLINGTONI; AGONUM MUTATUM; BLETHISA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUPEDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELOIDAE; TRICRANIA;

EID: 33745539042     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/773.1     Document Type: Article

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