Review of the North American Tarphiota Casey, with a description of a new seashore-inhabiting Atheta species exhibiting convergent characteristics (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-78

  Klimaszewski, Jan ^a   Majka, Christopher G ^b   Langor, David ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bionomics; Canada; Coastal species; North America; Rove beetle; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALEOCHARINAE; ATHETA; COLEOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TARPHIOTA;

EID: 33745747190     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Review

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