Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1507, 2002, Pages 2351-2356

  Ribera, I ^a,b   Beutel, R G ^c   Balke, M ^a,d   Vogler, A P ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst Spez Zool/Evolutionsbiol   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adephaga; Biodiversity; Coleoptera; Evolution of swimming; Genus and family; Hydradephaga relationships; New species; Simultaneous phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EVOLUTION; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIDYTIDAE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COLEOPTERA; EVOLUTION; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADEPHAGA; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ASPIDYTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 41049110375     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2157     Document Type: Article

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