Bahiaxenidae, a "living fossil" and a new family of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) discovered in Brazil

Cladistics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 614-623

  Bravo, Freddy ^a   Pohl, Hans ^b   Silva Neto, Alberto ^a   Beutel, Rolf G ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; DUNE; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEONTOLOGY; RELICT SPECIES;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; RELICTUS; STREPSIPTERA; STYLOPIDIA;

EID: 70350439632     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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