Do individual and combined data analyses of molecules and morphology reveal the generic status of 'Pachysoma' MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-330

  Sole, Catherine L ^a   Bastos, Armanda D S ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; PACHYSOMA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 36348942307     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631207788754411     Document Type: Article

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