Orthoglymma wangapeka gen.n., sp.n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini): A newly discovered relict from the Buller Terrane, north-western South Island, New Zealand, corroborates a general pattern of Gondwanan endemism

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-414

  Liebherr, James K ^a   Marris, John W M ^b   Emberson, Rowan M ^b   Syrett, Pauline ^c   Roig Juñent, Sergio ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLADISTICS; ENDEMISM; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; TERRANE; VICARIANCE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; TASMAN SEA;

ARTHROPODA; BROSCINI; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; RAKAIA;

EID: 79959700951     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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