Ontophylogenetic character analysis of Diaphanes (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and extrapolation to the broader Coleoptera

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-219

  Cicero, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphanes; Hypermorphosis; Larviform; Neoteny; Ontogeny and phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAMPYRIDAE;

EID: 62149097930     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/2007-53.1     Document Type: Article

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