Neat and clear: 700 species of crane flies (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) link southern South America and Australasia

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 754-767

  Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha ^a   Eterovic, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOMOLOGY; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRIASSIC; VICARIANCE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

DIPTERA; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS; TIPULIDAE; TIPULOMORPHA;

EID: 80053020161     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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