Historical biogeography and ecology of a Continental Antarctic mite genus, Maudheimia (Acari, Oribatida): Evidence for a Gondwanan origin and Pliocene-Pleistocene speciation

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-128

  Marshall, David J ^a   Coetzee, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acari; Antarctica; Biogeography; Endemism; Maudheimia; Origin; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACARI; MAUDHEIMIA; ORIBATIDA; PETRONIA;

EID: 0034349671     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0209     Document Type: Article

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