Species richness estimations of the megadiverse scuttle fly genus Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in a wildfire-affected hemiboreal forest

Insect Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-348

  Bonet, James ^a,d   Ulefors, Sven Olof ^b   Viklund, Bert ^a   Pape, Thomas ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Färgerivägen 9 ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hemiboreal forest; Morphospecies; Sample heterogeneity; Scuttle flies; Species richness estimations

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 79957592196     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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