How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

The recently described and originally monotypic genus Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007 from the Solomon Islands is revised. Six new species are described, illustrated and keyed: Discheramocephalus brucei sp. n. (Cameroon), D. elisabethae sp. n. (Cameroon), D. mikaeli sp. n. (Tanzania), D. stewarti s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasily V. GREBENNIKOV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2008-05-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
body size
miniaturization
c-value
insecta
pterygota
coleoptera
ptiliidae
discheramocephalus
hymenoptera
platygastridae
errolium
egg-parasitoids
smallest insect
description
morphology
anatomy
histology
Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200802-0015_How_small_you_can_go_Factors_limiting_body_miniaturization_in_winged_insects_with_a_review_of_the_pantropical.php

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