Phylogenetic analysis of hydroporinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval morphology, with description of first instar of Laccornellus lugubris

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-665

  Alarie, Yves ^a   Michat, Mariano C ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Dytiscidae; Laccornellus; Larvae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYDROPORINAE; HYDROPORINI; HYDROVATUS; LACCORNELLUS;

EID: 34547279958     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[655:PAOHCD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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