Revision of the millipede genus xystodesmus, with reference to the status of the tribe xystodesmini (Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1459-1494

  Tanabe, T ^a   Shinohara, K ^a  

^a Hachiman chô   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diplopoda; Harpaphini; Japan; Revision; Taxonomy; Xystodesmidae; Xystodesmini; Xystodesmus

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; HARPAPHINI; RHYSODESMUS; TUBERCULATUS; XYSTODESMIDAE;

EID: 0029806447     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600770831     Document Type: Article

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