A new genus and species of Cylapinae from New Caledonia with re-analysis of the Vannius complex phylogeny (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-26

  Cassis, Gerasimos ^a,b   Monteith, Geoff B ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cylapinae; Kanakamiris krypton; Miridae; Mycetophagy; New Caledonia; Phylogeny; Systematics; Vannius complex

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYLAPINAE; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 33845750709     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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