Larval description and phylogenetic placement of the South Africa endemic genus Andex (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 743-754

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Challet, Gilbert L ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andex insignis; Dytiscidae; Hyphydrini; Larvae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ADEPHAGA; COLEOPTERA; DESMOPACHRIA; DYTISCIDAE; HYDROPORINAE; HYPHYDRINI; HYPHYDRUS;

EID: 33750904247     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[743:LDAPPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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