The larval abdomen of the enigmatic Nannochoristidae (Mecoptera, Insecta)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-198

  Fraulob, Maximilian ^a   Wipfler, Benjamin ^a   Hünefeld, Frank ^a   Pohl, Hans ^a   Beutel, Rolf G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Larvae; Morphology; Nannochoristidae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANTLIOPHORA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BOREIDAE; CAURINUS; FLEA; INSECT; LARVA; MECOPTERIDA; MORPHOLOGY; NANNOCHORISTIDAE; NONHUMAN; PISTILLIFERA; PLESIOMORPHY; SYNAPOMORPHY; TRICHOPTERA;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; INSECTS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY;

BITTACIDAE; BOREIDAE; CAURINUS; CHORISTIDAE (SCORPIONFLIES); DIPTERA; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; NANNOCHORISTA; NANNOCHORISTIDAE; PANORPIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84857685996     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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