A phylogenetic reassessment of the rare S. E. Asian firefly genus Pygoluciola wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-48

  Ballantyne, L A ^a   Lambkin, C ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atyphella undulata; Colour characters; Female morphology; Female reproductive anatomy; Preservation methods; Pygoluciola; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA;

EID: 33748490583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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