Chromosomal separation of difficult species of Copris Geoffroy, 1762 and Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with discussion of O. massai Baraud as a British Pleistocene fossil

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Volumn 34, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 2, 2010, Pages 17-32

  Falahee, Sarah L ^a   Angus, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Copris hispanus; Copris hispanus cavolinii; Karyotypes; Last (Eemian) interglacial; Onthophagus fracticornis; Onthophagus massai

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; COPRIS; COPRIS HISPANICUS; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 77951068490     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.34.256     Document Type: Article

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