The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda)

Cladistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-37

  Friedrich, Frank ^a   Farrell, Brian D ^b   Beutel, Rolf G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE;

ADEPHAGA; ARCHOSTEMATA; COLEOPTERA; DERODONTIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYXOPHAGA; NEUROPTERIDA; POLYPHAGA (COLEOPTERA); SCIRTOIDEA;

EID: 58549106965     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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