Systematics, biodiversity, biogeography, and host associations of the Miridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha)

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 377-404

  Cassis, G ^a   Schuh, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Cybertaxonomy; Host specificity; Morphology; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 83455163591     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-121510-133533     Document Type: Article

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