Tepuibasis gen. nov. from the Pantepui region of Venezuela, with descriptions of four new species, and with biogeographic, phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations on the Teinobasinae (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-146

  De Marmels, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DRAGONFLY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOGENESIS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

GUYANA SHIELD; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

AEOLAGRION; COENAGRIONIDAE; THEA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34249905195     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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