Euscorpius balearicus caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): molecular (allozymes and mtDNA) and morphological evidence for an endemic balearic islands species

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-320

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a   Soleglad, Michael E ^b   Fet, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Marshall University ^*

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16s mtdna sequences; Allozymes; Endemic species; Island populations; Phylogeny; Scorpions; Trichobothria

Indexed keywords

EUSCORPIIDAE; EUSCORPIUS BALEARICUS; EUSCORPIUS CARPATHICUS; EUSCORPIUS FLAVICAUDIS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0001624366     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00027     Document Type: Article

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