Practical keys to the orders and families of millipedes of the Neotropical region (Myriapoda: Diplopoda)

Amazoniana

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-35

  Hoffman, R L ^a   Golovatch, S I ^b   Adis, J ^c   De Morais, J W ^d  

^a VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diplopoda; Families; Illustrated keys; Millipedes; Neotropics; Orders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038117505     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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