Variability of Habroblattula drepanoides gen. et. sp. nov. (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1443, 2007, Pages 17-27

  Wang, Tian Tian ^a   Liang, Jun Hui ^a,b   Ren, Dong ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjing Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

Blattulidae; China; Coefficient of variation; Early cretaceous; Late jurassic; New genus; New species; Yixian formation

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; DREPANOIDES; INSECTA;

EID: 34247148103     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1443.1.2     Document Type: Article

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