A comparison of hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with three orders of monocot host plants in lowland Panama

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Meskens, Christophe ^a   Windsor, Donald ^b   Hance, Thierry ^a  

^a EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Arecales; Cassidinae; Hispine beetles; Poales; Species assemblages; Zingiberales

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ARECALES; CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COSTACEAE; HELICONIACEAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARANTACEAE; POACEAE; POALES; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 38649103779     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758407864071     Document Type: Article

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