A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-434

  Scharff, Nikolaj ^a   Coddington, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Dimorphism; Male genitalia; Methods; Mimetidae; Stabilimentum; Tetragnathidae; Zygiella

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; MIMETIDAE; NEPHILA; PLOCEINAE; SPINY; TETRAGNATHIDAE; ZYGIELLA;

EID: 0031286648     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01281.x     Document Type: Article

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