The pterothoracic skeletomuscular system of Scirtoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) and its implications for the high-level phylogeny of beetles

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-315

  Friedrich, F ^a   Beutel, R G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Phylogeny; Polyphaga; Scirtoidea; Suborders; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON;

ADEPHAGA; ARCHOSTEMATA; CLAMBIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DECLINIIDAE; ELATERIFORMIA; ELODES; EUCINETIDAE; MYXOPHAGA; POLYPHAGA (COLEOPTERA); SCIRTIDAE; SCIRTOIDEA;

EID: 33749021338     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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