Systematics of Sitonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with a hypothesis on the evolution of feeding habits

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-331

  De Castro, Antonio J Velázquez ^a,c   Alonso Zarazaga, Miguel Ángel ^b   Outerelo, Raimundo ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CIRCULUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; ENTIMINAE; FABACEAE; LOTEAE; SITONA; SITONINI;

EID: 34247342609     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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