Larval and molecular characters help to solve phylogenetic puzzles in the highly diverse dragonfly family Libellulidae (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera): The Tetrathemistinae are a polyphyletic group

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Fleck, Günther ^a,b   Brenk, Manuela ^a   Misof, Bernhard ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Allorhizucha klingi; LSU; Micromacromia camerunica; Neodythemis africana; SSU; tRNA valine

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; EVOLUTION; LARVA; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INSECTA; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 39749108108     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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