Pristosia motschulsky, 1865 from the Nepal Himalaya: Taxonomy and biogeography (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2009, 2009, Pages 1-26

  Schmidt, Joachim ^a   Hartmann, Matthias ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Naturkundemuseum Erfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

India; New species; Redescription; Species groups; Tertiary tibetan faunal component

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 64249090925     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2009.1.1     Document Type: Article

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