Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of two parapatric scorpion species in the Alps: Euscorpius germanus (C. L. Koch, 1837) and E. alpha Caporiacco, 1950, stat. nov. (Euscorpiidae)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 843-864

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a   Fet, Victor ^b   Barker, Mark ^b   Scholl, Adolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S mtDNA; Allozymes; Alps; Biogeography; Parapatric species; Phylogeny; Scorpions; Trichobothria

Indexed keywords

EUSCORPIIDAE; EUSCORPIUS ALPHA; EUSCORPIUS FLAVICAUDIS; EUSCORPIUS GERMANUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0034363477     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80151     Document Type: Article

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