Phylogenetic analysis of the genera of endemic Hawaiian sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) based on morphology with redescription and key to the genera of endemic Hawaiian Nitidulidae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1427, 2007, Pages 1-36

  Ewing, Curtis ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachypterous; Brachyptery; Hawaii; Phylogeny; Wing reduction

Indexed keywords

APETINUS; CILLAEOPEPLUS; COLEOPTERA; CYRTOSTOLUS; EUNITIDULA; EUPETINUS; GONIORYCTUS; GONIOTHORAX; NESAPTERUS; NESOPETINUS; NITIDULIDAE; NOTOPEPLUS; ORTHOSTOLUS;

EID: 33947721462     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1427.1.1     Document Type: Review

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