Revision of the millipede genus Parafontaria Verhoeff, 1936 (Diplopoda, Xystodesmidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2139-2183

  Tanabe, T ^a  

^a Hachiman chô   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Diplopoda; Parafontaria; Phylogeny; Revision; Xystodesmidae

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY;

DIPLOPODA; EGREGIA; XYSTODESMIDAE;

EID: 0037146825     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110085610     Document Type: Article

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