A giant termite from the Late Miocene of Styria, Austria (Isoptera)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Gross, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Landesmuseum Joanneum   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Insecta; Isoptera; Miocene; Termites; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; TERMITE; TERTIARY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; STYRIA;

HODOTERMITIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 58249112132     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0480-y     Document Type: Article

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