Systematics and biology of the endemic water scavenger beetles of Hawaii (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-624

  Short, Andrew E Z ^a   Liebherr, James K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BEETLE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COLEOPTERA; HYDROBIUS; HYDROPHILIDAE; LIMNOXENUS; LIMNOXENUS NESITICUS;

EID: 34848859299     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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