A review of the alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera, Sialidae) with description of a new species from South Africa

ZooKeys

Volumn 201, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-41

  Price, Benjamin W ^a,b,c,d   Liu, Xingyue ^b,d   de Moor, Ferdy C ^a,b,d   Villet, Martin H ^b,d  

^a Albany Museum   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Leptosialis; Sialidae; South Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MEGALOPTERA; SIALIDAE;

EID: 84863811169     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.201.2623     Document Type: Review

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