Fossil lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) reconsidered

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 648-651

  Dalgleish, R C ^a   Palma, R L ^b   Price, R D ^a   Smith, V S ^c,d  

^a Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ^*  (United States)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; LOUSE; MITE;

ACARI; INSECTA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33749518108     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00342.x     Document Type: Review

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