High species diversity in one of the dominant groups of spiders in East African montane forests (Araneae: Pholcidae: Buitinga n. gen., Spermophora Hentz)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-619

  Huber, Bernhard A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Eastern Arc; Phylogeny; Tanzania; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PHOLCIDAE;

EID: 0037800411     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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