Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on molecular and morphological data with a revised family-group classification

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-511

  Zahniser, James N ^a   Dietrich, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; SHRUBLAND; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 77957929740     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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