Descriptions of larvae of Megadytes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae): The hypothesis of monophyletic origin revisited

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 831-842

  Michat, Mariano C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaetotaxy; Coleoptera; Dytiscidae; Larval morphology; Megadytes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY;

COLEOPTERA; CYBISTER LATERALIMARGINALIS; CYBISTRINI; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; GLAUCUS; MEGADYTES;

EID: 33750320515     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.114     Document Type: Article

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