As in other taxa, relatively fewer beetles are being described by an increasing number of authors: Response to Löbl and Leschen

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-399

  Costello, Mark J ^a   Houlding, Brett ^b   Wilson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84902839134     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12068     Document Type: Article

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