The history of endemic Iberian ground beetle description (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae): which species were described first?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-31

  Jiménez Valverde, Alberto ^a   Ortuño, Vicente M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Date of description; Endemic Iberian Carabidae; Geographic location; Geographic range size; Habitat; Probability of discovery

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33847304541     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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