Taxonomic revision of the Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Oahu: Epithets as epitaphs for an endangered fauna?

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-687

  Liebherr, James K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHIPELAGO; BEETLE; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KOOLAU; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BEMBIDION; BLACKBURNIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEMUR; MECYCLOTHORAX; MECYCLOTHORAX BREVIS; MECYCLOTHORAX CARTERI; PELOPS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 70349241755     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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