The female postabdomen of the enigmatic Nannochoristidae (Insecta: Mecopterida) and its phylogenetic significance

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-238

  Hünefeld, Frank ^a   Beutel, Rolf Georg ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endopterygota; Genital appendage; Musculature; Orthopteroid ovipositor; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOFT SOIL; TAXONOMY;

BOREIDAE; ENDOPTERYGOTA; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; NANNOCHORISTA NEOTROPICA; NANNOCHORISTIDAE; ORTHOPTEROIDEA;

EID: 84858341706     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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