100 years Zoraptera - A phantom in insect evolution and the history of its investigation

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 371-393

  Mashimo, Y ^a   Matsumura, Y ^b   Machida, R ^a   Dallai, R ^c   Gottardo, M ^c   Yoshizawa, K ^d   Friedrich, F ^e   Wipfler, B ^b   Beutel, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

development; history; morphology; phylogeny; review; Zoraptera

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ZORAPTERA;

EID: 84904052205     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: 1876312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-45012110     Document Type: Article

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