Gone with the wind: Westward dispersal across the Indian Ocean and island speciation in Hemicordulia dragonflies (Odonata: Corduliidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1438, 2007, Pages 27-48

  Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Anisoptera; Biogeography; Hemicordulia; India; Indian Ocean islands; Key; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); AVES; CORDULIIDAE; ODONATA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34247129155     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1438.1.2     Document Type: Article

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