Origin of Madagascan Scarabaeini dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Dispersal from Africa

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Sole, Catherine L ^a   Wirta, Helena ^b   Forgie, Shaun A ^c   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

biogeography; divergence time; Madagascar; Molecular phylogeny; morphology; vicariance dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 84866306154     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: 1876312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631211X552800     Document Type: Article

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