Towards a phylogeny of the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Morphology and phylogenetic implications of the acrophallus in the subfamily Sarcophaginae

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 740-778

  Giroux, Marjolaine ^a   Pape, Thomas ^b   Wheeler, Terry A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Classification; Male genitalia; Scanning electron microscopy; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BLAESOXIPHA; DIPTERA; HELICOBIA; MEHRIA; NEOBELLIERIA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SARCOPHAGINAE;

EID: 77952905844     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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