Kakadudessus tomweiri, a new genus and species of diving beetle from tropical northern Australia, based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2134, 2009, Pages 49-59

  Hendrich, Lars ^a   Balke, Michael ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bidessini; Classification; Diving beetles; Dytiscidae; Molecular systematics; New genus; New species; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

ALLODESSUS; BIDESSINI; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE; LIMBODESSUS; UVARUS;

EID: 67649852768     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2134.1.4     Document Type: Article

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